Moraine, OH 45401 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Moraine, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moraine in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Moraine before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Moraine'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 Moraine compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Moraine places 20,260 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 225 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Moraine's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Moraine can differ from the 45401 normal.