Beech Grove, IN 46107 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Beech Grove, IN, ZIP 46107
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 183 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Beech Grove, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Beech Grove 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
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 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 Beech Grove compares
About 183 days separate Beech Grove's last and first frost, putting it 23,798 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 415 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Beech Grove can differ from the 46107 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Beech Grove's frost date answer different questions.