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Country Club Heights, IN 46018 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Country Club Heights, IN, ZIP 46018

Zone 6a

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

Zone 6a around Country Club Heights 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.

Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee

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

About 186 days separate Country Club Heights's last and first frost, putting it 22,977 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 346 of 927.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Country Club Heights's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Country Club Heights can differ from the 46018 normal.