Frost dates / Ohio / Reynoldsburg

Frost dates in Reynoldsburg, OH

The station on this page is COLUMBUS PORT COLUMBUS INTL AP, OH US (USW00014821), 5.3 miles from the city point. Population in the Census 2024 estimate is 42,897.

Zone 6bUSDA average annual extreme minimum -5°F to 0°F, from ZIP 43068 (0.4 miles from the city point used on this page).

Median last 32°F is April 18. Median first 32°F is October 27. The 50% growing-season length is 191 days. The green band runs from the median last frost to the median first frost. Thin ticks mark the 10%, 50%, and 90% dates.

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.

ProbabilityDateHow to read it
90%April 4Earlier date. A last 32°F on or after this day is common.
50%April 18Median.
10%May 5Later 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.

ProbabilityDateHow to read it
10%October 14Earlier date. A first 32°F on or before this day is uncommon.
50%October 27Median.
90%November 7Later 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 longDays
10%209
50%191
90%169

28°F threshold

10%50%90%
Last, on or afterApril 21April 5March 22
First, on or beforeOctober 26November 6November 21
Season at least233 days213 days194 days

36°F threshold

10%50%90%
Last, on or afterMay 16April 29April 15
First, on or beforeOctober 5October 16October 28
Season at least189 days170 days149 days

Station COLUMBUS PORT COLUMBUS INTL AP, OH US (USW00014821). Completeness flag S, 28 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 246.9 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 Reynoldsburg · Zone 6b

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Reynoldsburg, OH

Zone 6bAverage annual extreme minimum -5°F to 0°F

Median last 32°F is April 18. Median first 32°F is October 27. The 50% growing-season length is 191 days. The green band runs from the median last frost to the median first frost. Thin ticks mark the 10%, 50%, and 90% dates.

Outside the median season Growing seasonTicks: 10%, 50%, and 90%

Ohio. Nearest qualified station: COLUMBUS PORT COLUMBUS INTL AP, OH US (USW00014821), 5.3 miles. Median last 32°F April 18. Median first 32°F October 27. The 50% growing-season length is 191 days.

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32°F probabilities at this station
10%50%90%
Last 32°F on or afterMay 5April 18April 4
First 32°F on or beforeOctober 14October 27November 7

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.

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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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