Your nature year
Youngstown, Ohiothrough the year
Also for Warren, OH: the same nearby places.
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Youngstown?
Leaves usually come out around Apr 3 and the first flowers around May 4. Frost usually lets go around May 1 and comes back around Oct 17, according to the nearest NOAA station, Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport: roughly 169 days without it. Head west for the closest of the 13 places we follow around Youngstown. Cuyahoga Valley, 48 miles from Youngstown, is the nearest fall foliage spot on this site, usually at its best Oct 15–21. For wildflowers, the nearest is Cuyahoga Valley (48 mi, Mar 21–May 15 (local timing)). At some 856 feet up, Youngstown is on low ground.
Updated Sep 27. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Youngstown's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~May 1 to ~Oct 17
- First leaf ~Apr 3
- First bloom ~May 4
- Today
Near Youngstown right now
- First fall frost usually around Oct 17 · last spring frost around May 1NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (10.8 mi, 50% dates)~3 weeks
- Fall foliage · Cuyahoga Valley · 48 miusually Oct 15–21~2 weeks
Youngstown's nature year
- Wildflowers · Cuyahoga ValleyMar–May
- Spring green-upApr
- Last spring frostMay
- First fall frostOct
- Fall foliage · Cuyahoga ValleyOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Cuyahoga Valley · 48 miusually Oct 15–21~2 weeks
- Erie Refuge · 50 miusually Oct 11–20~13 days
- Cook Forest State Park · 76 miStatewide: usually well under way by late October~3 weeks
Wildflowers
- Cuyahoga Valley · 48 miLocal timing: Mar 21–May 15~6 months
Snow in Youngstown
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 7 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (10.8 mi away): 68 inches of snow in an average year, about 22.1 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
May 1
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 17
About 169 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Apr 3
First bloom around May 4
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (10.8 mi from Youngstown), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Youngstown?
On average around Oct 17, and the last spring frost around May 1: about 169 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, 10.8 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Youngstown?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Apr 3 and first bloom around May 4, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Youngstown?
Cuyahoga Valley, 48 miles (usually Oct 15–21); Erie Refuge, 50 miles (usually Oct 11–20); Cook Forest State Park, 76 miles (statewide: usually well under way by late October). Distances are straight-line.
Where can I see wildflowers near Youngstown?
Cuyahoga Valley, 48 miles (local timing: Mar 21–May 15). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Youngstown?
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 7: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. An average year brings 68 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27)