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Seven Hills, OH 44131 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Seven Hills, OH?

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 217 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Seven Hills 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

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Seven Hills before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Seven Hills's last frost

04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Seven Hills compares

Seven Hills's growing season runs about 217 days, ranking 13,437 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 22 of 1,383.

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local microclimates covers what one yard in Seven Hills can differ from the 44131 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Seven Hills's frost date answer different questions.