Chilo, OH 45112 Frost Dates
Chilo, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 196 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Chilo in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Chilo's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Chilo against the rest of the dataset
Chilo's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 19,128 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 132 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 45112's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Chilo can differ from the 45112 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Chilo's frost date answer different questions.