Orestes, IN 46063 Frost Dates
Orestes, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 186 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Orestes, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Orestes's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Orestes against the rest of the dataset
About 186 days separate Orestes's last and first frost, putting it 22,925 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 342 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46063's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Orestes can differ from the 46063 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Orestes's frost date answer different questions.