Elgin, OH 45894 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elgin, OH, ZIP 45894
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 175 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Elgin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Elgin 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.
The actual range around Elgin's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elgin compares
Elgin's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,298 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 1,090 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Elgin can differ from the 45894 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Elgin's frost date answer different questions.