Strasburg, OH 44680 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Strasburg, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. 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 Strasburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Strasburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 Strasburg compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Strasburg places 29,999 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,274 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Strasburg can differ from the 44680 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Strasburg's frost date answer different questions.