Grandview Heights, OH 43226 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Grandview Heights, OH?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. 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.
The actual range around Grandview Heights's last frost
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
About 185 days separate Grandview Heights's last and first frost, putting it 23,101 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 545 of 1,383.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Grandview Heights can differ from the 43226 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Grandview Heights's frost date answer different questions.