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Grandview Heights, OH 43222 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Grandview Heights, OH?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 185 frost-free days later.

Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Grandview Heights, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Grandview Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Grandview Heights compares

At roughly 185 frost-free days, Grandview Heights places 23,100 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 544 of 1,383.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Grandview Heights's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Grandview Heights can differ from the 43222 normal.