Jacksonville, OH 45740 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jacksonville, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Jacksonville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Jacksonville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jacksonville compares
Jacksonville's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 30,153 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,331 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Jacksonville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Jacksonville's dates instead of trusting one.