Mansfield, OH 44862 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mansfield, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 177 frost-free days later.
Mansfield 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Mansfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
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 Mansfield compares
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Mansfield places 26,001 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 904 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Mansfield can differ from the 44862 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Mansfield's frost date answer different questions.