Brooklyn, OH 44144 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brooklyn, OH?
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.
Brooklyn sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Brooklyn before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
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 Brooklyn compares
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Brooklyn places 13,441 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 23 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Brooklyn's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Brooklyn's dates instead of trusting one.