Lewisburg, OH 45338 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lewisburg, OH, ZIP 45338
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 176 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Lewisburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Lewisburg 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lewisburg compares
Lewisburg's growing season runs about 176 days, ranking 26,494 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 981 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Lewisburg's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lewisburg's dates instead of trusting one.