Moscow, OH 45153 Frost Dates
Moscow, OH: when does the frost end?
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. 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 Moscow 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 Moscow'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.
Moscow against the rest of the dataset
Moscow's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 19,105 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 129 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 45153's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Moscow can differ from the 45153 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Moscow's frost date answer different questions.