North Crows Nest, IN 46220 Frost Dates
Frost dates for North Crows Nest, IN, ZIP 46220
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 190 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 North Crows Nest, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around North Crows Nest 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.
The actual range around North Crows Nest's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How North Crows Nest compares
North Crows Nest's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,357 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 271 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around North Crows Nest's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in North Crows Nest can differ from the 46220 normal.