Bradner, OH 43406 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bradner, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 183 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 Bradner, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Bradner 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
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bradner compares
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Bradner places 23,926 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 706 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Bradner can differ from the 43406 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Bradner's frost date answer different questions.