Ashland, OH 44805 Frost Dates
Ashland, OH: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
Ashland 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Ashland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ashland against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Ashland places 26,050 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 914 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44805's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ashland's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ashland can differ from the 44805 normal.