Bellbrook, OH 45305 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bellbrook, OH?
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 192 frost-free days later.
Bellbrook 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Bellbrook before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bellbrook's last frost
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bellbrook compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Bellbrook places 20,250 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 223 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bellbrook's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bellbrook can differ from the 45305 normal.