Mineral City, OH 44656 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mineral City, OH, ZIP 44656
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 167 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 Mineral City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Mineral City has about 7 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
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mineral City compares
Mineral City's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 30,132 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,322 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Mineral City can differ from the 44656 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Mineral City's frost date answer different questions.