Albany, OH 45766 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Albany, OH, ZIP 45766
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.
Albany 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
Zone 6b around Albany 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.
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 Albany compares
About 167 days separate Albany's last and first frost, putting it 30,082 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 1,297 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Albany can differ from the 45766 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Albany's frost date answer different questions.