Sylvania, OH 49267 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sylvania, OH?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 168 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 Sylvania, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Sylvania before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sylvania's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sylvania compares
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Sylvania places 29,678 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,210 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Sylvania can differ from the 49267 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Sylvania's frost date answer different questions.