Bellville, OH 44813 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bellville, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/30, roughly 245 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 167 frost-free days later.
Bellville sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Bellville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bellville compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Bellville places 30,028 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 1,282 of 1,383.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Bellville can differ from the 44813 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Bellville's frost date answer different questions.