Bratenahl, OH 44199 Frost Dates
44199, near Bratenahl, OH: the frost window
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bratenahl in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Bratenahl's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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
At roughly 217 frost-free days, Bratenahl places 13,544 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 40 of 1,383.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 44199: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Bratenahl's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Bratenahl's dates instead of trusting one.