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Huron, OH 44839 Frost Dates

Huron, OH: when does the frost end?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Huron in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 10 weeks until Huron's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.

The actual range around Huron's last frost

04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.

Huron against the rest of the dataset

Huron's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,192 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 49 of 1,383.

Learn more

Before leaning on 44839's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Huron's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Huron's dates instead of trusting one.