Loudonville, OH 44842 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Loudonville, OH, ZIP 44842
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 177 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Loudonville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Loudonville has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Loudonville compares
About 177 days separate Loudonville's last and first frost, putting it 26,126 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 927 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Loudonville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Loudonville's dates instead of trusting one.