Franklin, OH 45005 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Franklin, OH, ZIP 45005
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 178 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Franklin in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Franklin has about 7 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 Franklin's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Franklin compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Franklin places 25,642 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 838 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Franklin's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Franklin can differ from the 45005 normal.