Savannah, OH 44859 Frost Dates
Savannah, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
Savannah 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
With roughly 8 weeks until Savannah'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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Savannah against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Savannah places 26,252 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 952 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44859's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Savannah can differ from the 44859 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Savannah's frost date answer different questions.