Amesville, OH 45778 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Amesville, OH, ZIP 45778
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 197 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Amesville 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 Amesville has about 9 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
04/14 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 Amesville compares
About 197 days separate Amesville's last and first frost, putting it 18,843 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 113 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Amesville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Amesville can differ from the 45778 normal.