Minerva, OH 44669 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Minerva, OH, ZIP 44669
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 184 frost-free days later.
Minerva sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Minerva 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 Minerva compares
About 184 days separate Minerva's last and first frost, putting it 23,529 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 638 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Minerva's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Minerva's dates instead of trusting one.