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Harrisville, OH 43937 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Harrisville, OH?

Zone 7a

Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 192 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Harrisville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Harrisville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Harrisville'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. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Harrisville compares

At roughly 192 frost-free days, Harrisville places 20,585 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 276 of 1,383.

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local microclimates covers what one yard in Harrisville can differ from the 43937 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Harrisville's frost date answer different questions.