Bratenahl, OH 44108 Frost Dates
Bratenahl, OH: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 217 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bratenahl in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Bratenahl's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Bratenahl's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bratenahl against the rest of the dataset
About 217 days separate Bratenahl's last and first frost, putting it 13,532 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 28 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44108's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bratenahl's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bratenahl can differ from the 44108 normal.