Massillon, OH 44647 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Massillon, OH, ZIP 44647
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 184 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Massillon in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Massillon has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Massillon compares
About 184 days separate Massillon's last and first frost, putting it 23,429 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 608 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Massillon's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Massillon's dates instead of trusting one.