Midvale, OH 44653 Frost Dates
Midvale, OH: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 176 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Midvale in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Midvale'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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Midvale against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Midvale places 26,585 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 987 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44653's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Midvale can differ from the 44653 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Midvale's frost date answer different questions.