Frost dates / Ohio / Lorain
Frost dates in Lorain, OH
The station on this page is ELYRIA LORAIN CO AP, OH US (USW00004849), 6.4 miles from the city point. Population in the Census 2024 estimate is 65,751.
Zone 6bUSDA average annual extreme minimum -5°F to 0°F, from ZIP 44052 (1.6 miles from the city point used on this page).
Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%
Last 32°F in spring
NCEI’s probability is the chance the last spring minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or after the date.
| Probability | Date | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| 90% | April 9 | Earlier date. A last 32°F on or after this day is common. |
| 50% | April 24 | Median. |
| 10% | May 10 | Later date. A last 32°F on or after this day is uncommon. |
First 32°F in fall
NCEI’s probability is the chance the first autumn minimum of 32°F or lower occurs on or before the date.
| Probability | Date | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | October 8 | Earlier date. A first 32°F on or before this day is uncommon. |
| 50% | October 24 | Median. |
| 90% | November 6 | Later date. A first 32°F on or before this day is common. |
32°F growing-season length
Days between the last spring 32°F and the first autumn 32°F. The figure is a length the season meets or exceeds at that probability, from NCEI, not a subtraction done on this site.
| Probability the season is at least this long | Days |
|---|---|
| 10% | 204 |
| 50% | 182 |
| 90% | 160 |
28°F threshold
| 10% | 50% | 90% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last, on or after | April 26 | April 11 | March 29 |
| First, on or before | October 21 | November 4 | November 19 |
| Season at least | 229 days | 208 days | 185 days |
36°F threshold
| 10% | 50% | 90% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last, on or after | May 19 | May 5 | April 21 |
| First, on or before | September 28 | October 10 | October 26 |
| Season at least | 178 days | 157 days | 139 days |
Station ELYRIA LORAIN CO AP, OH US (USW00004849). Completeness flag R, 20 years used for the 32°F dates. NCEI’s annual probability of at least one day at or below 32°F is 100%. Freeze dates are conditional on that threshold occurring. Elevation 242 m. The same probability language applies to the 28°F and 36°F rows when those dates passed the same quality checks.
Planting calendar for Lorain · Zone 6b
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Lorain, OH
Zone 6bAverage annual extreme minimum -5°F to 0°F
Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%
Ohio. Nearest qualified station: ELYRIA LORAIN CO AP, OH US (USW00004849), 6.4 miles. Median last 32°F April 24. Median first 32°F October 24. The 50% growing-season length is 182 days.
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32°F probabilities at this station
| 10% | 50% | 90% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last 32°F on or after | May 10 | April 24 | April 9 |
| First 32°F on or before | October 8 | October 24 | November 6 |
Column order matches the NCEI file: for the last freeze, 10% is the later date and 90% is the earlier date. How to read the probabilities.
Planting calendar
Windows below are from Ohio State University Extension, Planning for the Garden, excerpted from OSU Extension Bulletin 287, Home Vegetable Gardening, retrieved 2026-10-10. The dates are for a normal season in central Ohio. The same page says spring planting runs about two weeks earlier in southern Ohio and about two weeks later in northern Ohio. Those shifts are a sentence, not a second column, so the dates below stay the central Ohio dates. The PDF says the tables are excerpted from Bulletin 287 by Utzinger, Brooks and Wittmeyer, 1991, now out of print.
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