Crestline, OH 44827 Frost Dates
Crestline, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 167 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Crestline in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Crestline's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Crestline against the rest of the dataset
About 167 days separate Crestline's last and first frost, putting it 29,959 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,264 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44827's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Crestline's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Crestline's dates instead of trusting one.