Wapakoneta, OH 45895 Frost Dates
Wapakoneta, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 181 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wapakoneta in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Wapakoneta's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Wapakoneta's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wapakoneta against the rest of the dataset
Wapakoneta's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,484 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 761 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 45895's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wapakoneta's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wapakoneta can differ from the 45895 normal.