Norwood, OH 45212 Frost Dates
Norwood, OH: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
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 Norwood, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Norwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
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 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Norwood against the rest of the dataset
About 190 days separate Norwood's last and first frost, putting it 21,059 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 313 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 45212's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Norwood's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Norwood can differ from the 45212 normal.