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When to plant in Seven Hills, OH

USDA Zone 6b

Everything below — frost dates, hardiness zone, and what to plant when in Seven Hills, Ohio — is derived from the closest NOAA station with complete climate normals.

Heads up: the nearest complete-normals station is about 15 km from Seven Hills, so your yard's frost dates can differ — a low spot or a paved city center can shift them by a week. Zone 6b means Seven Hills sees real winter cold, but a good range of perennials survive; the frost dates above govern when annual vegetables go out.

Station · CLEVELAND BURKE AP · 15.3 km
Last spring frost
April 8
50% chance · 32°F
First fall frost
November 12
50% chance · 32°F
Growing season
218 days
frost-free
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Frost calendar for Seven HillsA year-band showing 32°F frost risk from January to December for Seven Hills: last spring frost around April 8, first fall frost around November 12, about 218 frost-free days between.
Shaded months carry frost risk; the clear span is the average frost-free season.

Frost probability

CLEVELAND BURKE AP · 1991–2020

The date the last spring and first fall frost occur, by threshold and probability. A 90% date is later in spring — and earlier in fall — than a 10% date; the 50% · 32°F row is what most gardeners plan around. These are Seven Hills’s own odds, recorded at CLEVELAND BURKE AP.

Frost-probability curves for Seven HillsProbability of the last spring frost and first fall frost by date at 32°F. The last spring frost is most likely around April 8 and the first fall frost around November 12, giving about 218 frost-free days.
Last spring frostFirst fall frostbold = 32°F · thin = 28°F / 36°F · dot = 50% date · band = 10–90% window
ThresholdSPRING 10%SPRING 50%SPRING 90%FALL 10%FALL 50%FALL 90%
36°FMay 1Apr 20Apr 8Oct 21Nov 3Nov 14
32°FApr 20Apr 8Mar 29Nov 1Nov 12Nov 28
28°FApr 13Apr 1Mar 16Nov 7Nov 22Dec 8

Download this table as CSV ↓ — every threshold and probability, plus this city’s planting-window dates.

What to plant now

TODAY · JULY 19
Fall sowin 4 days
Brussels Sprouts
July 23August 6
Fall sowin 18 days
Rutabaga
August 6August 20

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Full-year planting calendar

Start indoorsTransplantDirect sowFall sow

Each bar is the exact window to take a planting action in Seven Hills, drawn to the day from the local frost dates. The dashed line is today.

Nearby weather stations

3 within 32 km · complete 32°F normals

When stations disagree by more than a few days, that spread is real microclimate variation — elevation, water, urban heat. Judge which station best matches your own yard.

CLEVELAND BURKE AP
Primary
15 km · 178 m elevation
SPRING
Apr 8
FALL
Nov 12
CLEVELAND
16 km · 233 m elevation
SPRING
Apr 20
FALL
Nov 3
ELYRIA 3 E
32 km · 223 m elevation
SPRING
Apr 22
FALL
Nov 1

Seven Hills planting FAQ

When is the last spring frost in Seven Hills, OH?

Seven Hills's average last spring frost falls near April 8 — the 50% mark at 32°F in the 1991–2020 normals. Hold tender transplants until the risk has passed, then plant out.

When is the first fall frost in Seven Hills, OH?

Expect Seven Hills's first fall frost near November 12 — a 50% chance of 32°F by that date. Bring in or cover tender crops ahead of it.

What hardiness zone is Seven Hills in?

Seven Hills is in USDA hardiness zone 6b. In zone 6b, winters are moderate — most common vegetables grow well in season.

How long is the growing season in Seven Hills?

There are roughly 218 frost-free days in Seven Hills (a long growing season), running from the average last frost around April 8 to the first fall frost near November 12.

When should I plant tomatoes in Seven Hills?

In Seven Hills, start tomato seeds indoors around February 11–February 25, then transplant seedlings outdoors around April 15 once the danger of frost has passed.

Planting reminders

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Nearby cities

8 within reach

Frost dates recorded at CLEVELAND BURKE AP, 15 km from the city center · 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals · zone from the USDA/PRISM 2023 map. How we compute this.

Cite this page
BlissGarden. "When to Plant in Seven Hills, OH — Frost Dates & Zone 6b." Frost normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, station USW00004853. Retrieved from https://blissgarden.com/ohio/seven-hills.
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