Hobart, IN 46342 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hobart, IN, ZIP 46342
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 188 frost-free days later.
Hobart sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Hobart has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hobart compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Hobart places 21,853 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 283 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hobart's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hobart can differ from the 46342 normal.