Wilmot, OH 44689 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wilmot, 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.
Wilmot 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 Wilmot before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wilmot'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 Wilmot compares
About 167 days separate Wilmot's last and first frost, putting it 30,188 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,344 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Wilmot's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Wilmot's dates instead of trusting one.