Bucyrus, OH 44820 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bucyrus, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 190 frost-free days later.
Bucyrus 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Bucyrus before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bucyrus's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bucyrus compares
About 190 days separate Bucyrus's last and first frost, putting it 21,088 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 315 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Bucyrus can differ from the 44820 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Bucyrus's frost date answer different questions.