FrostDateCheck

Loveland, OH 45140 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Loveland, OH?

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 190 frost-free days later.

Loveland 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Loveland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Loveland's last frost

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 Loveland compares

At roughly 190 frost-free days, Loveland places 21,077 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 314 of 1,383.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Loveland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Loveland can differ from the 45140 normal.