Chesapeake, OH 45619 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Chesapeake, OH?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 200 frost-free days later.
Chesapeake sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Chesapeake before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Chesapeake's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Chesapeake compares
At roughly 200 frost-free days, Chesapeake places 17,865 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within OH, it ranks 71 of 1,383.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Chesapeake can differ from the 45619 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Chesapeake's frost date answer different questions.