Harbor View, OH 43697 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Harbor View, OH, ZIP 43697
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 188 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Harbor 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 Harbor View has about 9 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.
The actual range around Harbor View'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 Harbor View compares
About 188 days separate Harbor View's last and first frost, putting it 22,254 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 430 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Harbor View can differ from the 43697 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Harbor View's frost date answer different questions.