Lucas, OH 44843 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lucas, OH, ZIP 44843
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 177 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Lucas, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Lucas 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.
The actual range around Lucas's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 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 Lucas compares
Lucas's growing season runs about 177 days, ranking 26,217 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 944 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lucas's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lucas can differ from the 44843 normal.