Paulding, OH 45879 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paulding, OH, ZIP 45879
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 170 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paulding 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
Zone 6a around Paulding 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
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paulding compares
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Paulding places 29,017 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,162 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Paulding's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Paulding can differ from the 45879 normal.