Centerville, OH 45458 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Centerville, OH?
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 192 frost-free days later.
Centerville 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Centerville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Centerville compares
About 192 days separate Centerville's last and first frost, putting it 20,185 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 212 of 1,383.
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