Lockland, OH 45215 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lockland, OH, ZIP 45215
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lockland 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 Lockland has about 8 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.
The actual range around Lockland'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 Lockland compares
Lockland's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,164 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within OH, it ranks 326 of 1,383.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lockland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lockland can differ from the 45215 normal.