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Noblesville, IN 46062 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Noblesville, IN, ZIP 46062

Zone 6a

Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 190 frost-free days later.

Noblesville 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 Noblesville 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/18 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. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Noblesville compares

About 190 days separate Noblesville's last and first frost, putting it 21,003 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 254 of 927.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Noblesville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Noblesville can differ from the 46062 normal.