South Lebanon, OH 45065 Frost Dates
Frost dates for South Lebanon, OH, ZIP 45065
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 South Lebanon 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 South 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.
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
South Lebanon's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,674 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 844 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around South Lebanon's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in South Lebanon can differ from the 45065 normal.