Nashville, OH 44661 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Nashville, OH, ZIP 44661
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nashville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Nashville 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.
The actual range around Nashville's last frost
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. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nashville compares
Nashville's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,277 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 962 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Nashville can differ from the 44661 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Nashville's frost date answer different questions.