Bratenahl, OH 44190 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bratenahl, OH?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 217 frost-free days later.
Bratenahl 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 Bratenahl before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bratenahl'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 Bratenahl compares
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Bratenahl places 13,536 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 32 of 1,383.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Bratenahl can differ from the 44190 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Bratenahl's frost date answer different questions.