Belpre, OH 45714 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Belpre, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 197 frost-free days later.
Belpre 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Belpre before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Belpre's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Belpre compares
Belpre's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,656 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 103 of 1,383.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Belpre can differ from the 45714 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Belpre's frost date answer different questions.