Sugarcreek, OH 44687 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sugarcreek, OH?
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.
Sugarcreek 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Sugarcreek before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sugarcreek'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 Sugarcreek compares
About 167 days separate Sugarcreek's last and first frost, putting it 30,015 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,280 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Sugarcreek's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Sugarcreek's dates instead of trusting one.