New Philadelphia, OH 44663 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Philadelphia, OH, ZIP 44663
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.
New Philadelphia sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around New Philadelphia 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 New Philadelphia compares
About 167 days separate New Philadelphia's last and first frost, putting it 29,892 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,233 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around New Philadelphia's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in New Philadelphia can differ from the 44663 normal.