New Palestine, IN 46163 Frost Dates
New Palestine, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 185 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Palestine against the rest of the dataset
About 185 days separate New Palestine's last and first frost, putting it 23,158 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 377 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46163'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 46163 normal.