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Macksburg, OH 45746 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Macksburg, OH, ZIP 45746

Zone 6b

Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 167 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Macksburg 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

Zone 6b around Macksburg 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. 05/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Macksburg compares

About 167 days separate Macksburg's last and first frost, putting it 30,232 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,365 of 1,383.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Macksburg's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Macksburg can differ from the 45746 normal.