Cleves, OH 45033 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cleves, OH, ZIP 45033
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cleves in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Cleves has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cleves compares
About 193 days separate Cleves's last and first frost, putting it 19,919 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 203 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cleves's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cleves's dates instead of trusting one.