Ohio Plant Hardiness Zones

Hardiness Zones, also referred to as Growing Zones or Planting zones are defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The zones in this map were created in 2023 using mean extreme climate data covering the period of 1991 to 2020. The previous version of this map released in 2012 was created using climate data from the period of 1976-2005. The data in the 2012 maps covered a cooler period than the 2023 maps.

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Ohio Hardiness Zones Map - 2023

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List of Hardiness Zones for Locations in Ohio

Location2023 Hardiness Zone2012 Hardiness Zone1990 Hardiness Zone
Akron6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Alliance6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5a - -20°F to -15°F
Ashland6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Ashtabula6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Athens6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Aurora6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Austintown6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Avon6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Avon Lake7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Barberton6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Bay Village7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Beavercreek6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Berea6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Bowling Green6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Broadview Heights6a - -10°F to -5°F 5b - -15°F to -10°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Brook Park6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Brunswick6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Canton6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Centerville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Chardon6a - -10°F to -5°F 5b - -15°F to -10°F5a - -20°F to -15°F
Chillicothe6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Cincinnati6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Cleveland7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Cleveland Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Columbus6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Cuyahoga Falls6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Dayton6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Defiance6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Delaware6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Dublin6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Eastlake7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Elyria6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Euclid7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Fairborn6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Fairfield6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Fairview Park6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Findlay6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Forest Park6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Fremont6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Gahanna6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Garfield Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Green6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Grove City6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Hamilton6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Hilliard6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Huber Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Hudson6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Kent6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Kettering6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Lakewood7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Lancaster6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Lebanon6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Lima6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Lorain7a - 0°F to 5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Mansfield6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Maple Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Marion6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Marysville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Mason6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Massillon6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Mayfield Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Medina6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Mentor6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Miamisburg6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Middleburg Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Middletown6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Monroe6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Mount Vernon6a - -10°F to -5°F 5b - -15°F to -10°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
New Philadelphia6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Newark6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Niles6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
North Canton6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
North Madison6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
North Olmsted6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
North Ridgeville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
North Royalton6a - -10°F to -5°F 5b - -15°F to -10°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Norwalk6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Norwood6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Oregon6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Oxford6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Painesville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Parma6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Parma Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Pataskala6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Perrysburg6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Pickerington6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Piqua6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Portsmouth7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Reynoldsburg6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Riverside6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Rocky River7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Sandusky6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Shaker Heights6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Sidney6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Solon6a - -10°F to -5°F 5b - -15°F to -10°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
South Euclid6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Springboro6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Springfield6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Steubenville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Stow6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Streetsboro6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Strongsville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Sylvania6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Tallmadge6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
The Village of Indian Hill6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Tiffin6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Toledo6b - -5°F to 0°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Trotwood6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Troy6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Twinsburg6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Upper Arlington6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Vandalia6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Wadsworth6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Warren6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Westerville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Westlake7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
White Oak6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Whitehall6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Willoughby7a - 0°F to 5°F 6b - -5°F to 0°F6a - -10°F to -5°F
Wooster6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Xenia6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Youngstown6a - -10°F to -5°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F5b - -15°F to -10°F
Zanesville6b - -5°F to 0°F 6a - -10°F to -5°F6a - -10°F to -5°F