Waynesfield, OH 45870 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Waynesfield, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 181 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waynesfield in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Waynesfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Waynesfield's last frost
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 Waynesfield compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Waynesfield places 24,660 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 775 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Waynesfield can differ from the 45870 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Waynesfield's frost date answer different questions.