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Bainbridge, OH 45612 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Bainbridge, OH?

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 184 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee

04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Bainbridge compares

About 184 days separate Bainbridge's last and first frost, putting it 23,607 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 657 of 1,383.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Bainbridge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bainbridge can differ from the 45612 normal.