Hanging Rock, OH 45659 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hanging Rock, OH, ZIP 45659
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 167 frost-free days later.
Hanging Rock sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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
Zone 7a around Hanging Rock has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hanging Rock compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Hanging Rock places 30,211 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,357 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hanging Rock's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hanging Rock can differ from the 45659 normal.