New Palestine, IN 46259 Frost Dates
New Palestine, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Palestine in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
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
04/20 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 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Palestine against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 183 frost-free days, New Palestine places 23,861 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 417 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46259's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and New Palestine's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around New Palestine's dates instead of trusting one.