Fort Jennings, OH 45844 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fort Jennings, OH, ZIP 45844
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 181 frost-free days later.
Fort Jennings sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Fort Jennings has about 8 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
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fort Jennings compares
About 181 days separate Fort Jennings's last and first frost, putting it 24,679 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 777 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fort Jennings can differ from the 45844 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Fort Jennings's frost date answer different questions.