Xenia, OH 45384 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Xenia, OH, ZIP 45384
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 188 frost-free days later.
Xenia 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
Zone 6b around Xenia 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
04/18 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. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Xenia compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Xenia places 21,856 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 367 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Xenia's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Xenia can differ from the 45384 normal.