New Palestine, IN 46130 Frost Dates
New Palestine, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 191 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 New Palestine, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until New Palestine's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Palestine against the rest of the dataset
New Palestine's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,768 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 235 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46130's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around New Palestine's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in New Palestine can differ from the 46130 normal.