Amo, IN 46103 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Amo, IN?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 169 frost-free days later.
Amo 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Amo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Amo's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Amo compares
Amo's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,571 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 823 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Amo can differ from the 46103 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Amo's frost date answer different questions.