Maple Heights, OH 44137 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Maple Heights, OH, ZIP 44137
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 Maple Heights 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 Maple Heights has about 11 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Maple Heights compares
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Maple Heights places 13,421 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 12 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Maple Heights can differ from the 44137 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Maple Heights's frost date answer different questions.