Bay View, OH 43433 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bay View, OH, ZIP 43433
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 209 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bay View in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Bay View has about 10 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bay View compares
Bay View's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,366 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 56 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bay View can differ from the 43433 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Bay View's frost date answer different questions.