Freeport, OH 44699 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Freeport, OH, ZIP 44699
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 176 frost-free days later.
Freeport 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 Freeport has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Freeport compares
Freeport's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,627 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 997 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Freeport's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Freeport can differ from the 44699 normal.