Barberton climate

Barberton Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Akron Fulton Intl AP, 12.1 km from Barberton, elevation 1044 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Akron Fulton Intl AP. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 24 and the first fall freeze around October 28, a growing season of about 186 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 3, first October 15
Median at 32°F
last April 24, first October 28
Median at 28°F
last April 13, first November 7

Last freeze in spring

The chance of a later freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one spring in ten still freezes after the date; planting after the 10 percent date for 32°F is the cautious choice.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FMay 21May 14May 10May 6May 3Apr 30Apr 28Apr 24Apr 21
32°FMay 9May 3Apr 30Apr 26Apr 24Apr 21Apr 18Apr 15Apr 10
28°FApr 25Apr 21Apr 18Apr 16Apr 13Apr 9Apr 5Apr 2Mar 29
24°FApr 17Apr 13Apr 8Apr 4Apr 2Mar 31Mar 27Mar 23Mar 17
20°FApr 6Apr 1Mar 28Mar 25Mar 22Mar 19Mar 16Mar 12Mar 6
16°FMar 27Mar 23Mar 19Mar 16Mar 12Mar 9Mar 6Mar 1Feb 23

First freeze in fall

The chance of an earlier freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one fall in ten freezes before the date.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FOct 1Oct 6Oct 9Oct 12Oct 15Oct 19Oct 21Oct 25Oct 29
32°FOct 12Oct 19Oct 22Oct 25Oct 28Oct 31Nov 1Nov 4Nov 8
28°FOct 27Oct 31Nov 2Nov 4Nov 7Nov 9Nov 12Nov 16Nov 21
24°FNov 5Nov 8Nov 11Nov 14Nov 17Nov 20Nov 23Nov 28Dec 4
20°FNov 11Nov 15Nov 19Nov 23Nov 27Nov 30Dec 4Dec 8Dec 17
16°FNov 19Nov 25Nov 30Dec 4Dec 8Dec 13Dec 17Dec 22Dec 27

Growing season length

Days between the last spring and first fall freeze at each threshold, with the chance of a season at least that long.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°F183176172168164159155149141
32°F206198194190186182178173167
28°F230223217213208205201196190
24°F254246240235230226222217209
20°F276269262257252247242237228
16°F297290284278273267261256248

How often it gets that cold

The share of years with at least one night at or below each temperature.

36°F or colder
100% of years
32°F or colder
100% of years
28°F or colder
100% of years
24°F or colder
100% of years
20°F or colder
100% of years
16°F or colder
100% of years

Degree days

A degree day is one degree of the daily mean temperature beyond a base, for one day. Heating degree days count cold (the fuel a house burns), cooling degree days heat, growing degree days the warmth a crop needs; each crop has its own base.

Heating degree days, base 65°F
5,538
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
934
Growing degree days, base 40°F
5,673
Growing degree days, base 45°F
4,445
Growing degree days, base 50°F
3,356
Growing degree days, base 55°F
2,410
Growing degree days, base 60°F
1,599

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January1,12005
February95208
March796135
April4269136
May16865372
June27190614
July2298761
August5251711
September75102479
October34517188
November658140
December96408

What this means

NOAA computes these from the daily lows at the station over 1991-2020, fitting the dates of each year's last and first freeze to a distribution, so a date can be stated at any level of risk. 36°F is a frost risk for tender plants on a clear, calm night, since the ground cools below the air above it; 32°F is a freeze; 28°F is a hard freeze that kills most annuals.

The station is 12.1 km from Barberton. Low ground, valleys and open fields freeze earlier and later than a town center or a hillside.

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Sources

NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, annual and seasonal normals for station USW00014813 (Akron Fulton Intl AP). Public domain.