Wakeman, OH 44826 Frost Dates
44826, near Wakeman, OH: the frost window
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 182 days after the last spring frost.
Wakeman 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
Wakeman's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wakeman against the rest of the dataset
Wakeman's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,223 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 734 of 1,383.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 44826: local microclimates, on what one yard in Wakeman can differ from the 44826 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Wakeman's frost date answer different questions.