Advance, IN 46102 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Advance, IN, ZIP 46102
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 178 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Advance in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Advance has about 7 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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Advance compares
At roughly 178 frost-free days, Advance places 25,873 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 609 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Advance can differ from the 46102 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Advance's frost date answer different questions.