Waynesburg, OH 44688 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waynesburg, OH?
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.
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 Waynesburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Waynesburg 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 Waynesburg compares
About 167 days separate Waynesburg's last and first frost, putting it 30,095 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,307 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Waynesburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Waynesburg can differ from the 44688 normal.