Mount Eaton, OH 44636 Frost Dates
44636, near Mount Eaton, OH: the frost window
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. 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 Mount Eaton 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
Mount Eaton's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
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.
Mount Eaton against the rest of the dataset
Mount Eaton's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,282 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 963 of 1,383.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 44636: local microclimates, on what one yard in Mount Eaton can differ from the 44636 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Mount Eaton's frost date answer different questions.