Canton, OH 44648 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Canton, OH, ZIP 44648
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 184 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Canton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Canton 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.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
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 Canton compares
About 184 days separate Canton's last and first frost, putting it 23,406 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 593 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Canton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Canton can differ from the 44648 normal.