Batavia, OH 45103 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Batavia, OH, ZIP 45103
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 190 frost-free days later.
Batavia sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b around Batavia has about 8 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 Batavia's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Batavia compares
Batavia's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,191 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 334 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Batavia's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Batavia can differ from the 45103 normal.