Holmesville, OH 44633 Frost Dates
Holmesville, OH: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holmesville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Holmesville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Holmesville against the rest of the dataset
Holmesville's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,244 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 950 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44633's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Holmesville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Holmesville can differ from the 44633 normal.