Brooklyn, IN 46111 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brooklyn, IN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 173 frost-free days later.
Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brooklyn compares
At roughly 173 frost-free days, Brooklyn places 27,918 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 712 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Brooklyn's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Brooklyn can differ from the 46111 normal.