Bratenahl, OH 44188 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.
Bratenahl sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
Bratenahl's growing season runs about 217 days, ranking 13,535 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 31 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44188's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Bratenahl can differ from the 44188 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bratenahl's frost date answer different questions.