Bratenahl, OH 44193 Frost Dates
Bratenahl, OH: when does the frost end?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 217 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Bratenahl, not a forecast for this year.
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.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
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
About 217 days separate Bratenahl's last and first frost, putting it 13,539 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 35 of 1,383.
Learn more
Before leaning on 44193's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Bratenahl can differ from the 44193 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bratenahl's frost date answer different questions.