Beavercreek, OH 45430 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beavercreek, OH, ZIP 45430
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 Beavercreek 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
Zone 6b around Beavercreek 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.
The actual range around Beavercreek'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 Beavercreek compares
About 192 days separate Beavercreek's last and first frost, putting it 20,148 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 210 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Beavercreek's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Beavercreek's dates instead of trusting one.