North Canton, OH 44721 Frost Dates
Frost dates for North Canton, OH, ZIP 44721
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 184 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts North Canton in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around North Canton 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.
The actual range around North Canton's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How North Canton compares
North Canton's growing season runs about 184 days, ranking 23,456 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 619 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in North Canton can differ from the 44721 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and North Canton's frost date answer different questions.