Williams Creek, IN 46240 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Williams Creek, IN?
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 190 frost-free days later.
Williams Creek sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Williams Creek 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
04/18 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 Williams Creek compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Williams Creek places 21,285 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 269 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Williams Creek's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Williams Creek can differ from the 46240 normal.