Country Club Heights, IN 46012 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Country Club Heights, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 186 frost-free days later.
Country Club Heights sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Country Club Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Country Club Heights compares
At roughly 186 frost-free days, Country Club Heights places 22,975 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 344 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Country Club Heights's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Country Club Heights's dates instead of trusting one.