Nevada, OH 44860 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Nevada, OH, ZIP 44860
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nevada 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 Nevada has about 9 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
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nevada compares
About 190 days separate Nevada's last and first frost, putting it 21,262 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 340 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Nevada can differ from the 44860 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Nevada's frost date answer different questions.