Cheviot, OH 45211 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cheviot, OH, ZIP 45211
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 193 frost-free days later.
Cheviot 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
Zone 6b around Cheviot 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.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
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 Cheviot compares
About 193 days separate Cheviot's last and first frost, putting it 19,788 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within OH, it ranks 175 of 1,383.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cheviot's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Cheviot's dates instead of trusting one.