Springfield, OH 45506 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Springfield, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/25, about 240 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 175 frost-free days later.
Springfield sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 7 weeks of growing season left in Springfield 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
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Springfield compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, Springfield places 26,726 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,010 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Springfield's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Springfield can differ from the 45506 normal.