Avon Lake, OH 44012 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Avon Lake, OH, ZIP 44012
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 198 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Avon Lake 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
Zone 7a around Avon Lake 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.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Avon Lake compares
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Avon Lake places 18,313 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 88 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Avon Lake can differ from the 44012 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Avon Lake's frost date answer different questions.