New Lebanon, OH 45345 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Lebanon, OH, ZIP 45345
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/25, about 240 days from today. 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 New Lebanon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around New Lebanon 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.
Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee
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 New Lebanon compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, New Lebanon places 26,446 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 972 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and New Lebanon's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around New Lebanon's dates instead of trusting one.