Lebanon, OH 45036 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lebanon, OH, ZIP 45036
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.
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 Lebanon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Lebanon 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Lebanon compares
About 178 days separate Lebanon's last and first frost, putting it 25,590 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 833 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lebanon can differ from the 45036 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Lebanon's frost date answer different questions.