Knightstown, IN 46148 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Knightstown, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 173 frost-free days later.
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 Knightstown, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Knightstown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Knightstown's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Knightstown compares
About 173 days separate Knightstown's last and first frost, putting it 27,929 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 716 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Knightstown's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Knightstown's dates instead of trusting one.