Gallipolis, OH 45631 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gallipolis, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gallipolis 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Gallipolis before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gallipolis's last frost
04/18 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. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gallipolis compares
About 192 days separate Gallipolis's last and first frost, putting it 20,337 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 253 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gallipolis's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gallipolis can differ from the 45631 normal.