South Lebanon, OH 45034 Frost Dates
When can you plant in South Lebanon, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 178 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 South Lebanon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in South Lebanon before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around South Lebanon'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 South Lebanon compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, South Lebanon places 25,673 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 843 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around South Lebanon's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in South Lebanon can differ from the 45034 normal.