East Sparta, OH 44671 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Sparta, OH, ZIP 44671
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 167 frost-free days later.
East Sparta 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 East Sparta 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.
The actual range around East Sparta's last frost
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 East Sparta compares
East Sparta's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 30,110 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,312 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in East Sparta can differ from the 44671 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and East Sparta's frost date answer different questions.