Schneider, IN 46349 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Schneider, IN, ZIP 46349
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 171 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Schneider in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 5b around Schneider has about 7 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 Schneider's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Schneider compares
Schneider's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,813 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 781 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Schneider's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Schneider can differ from the 46349 normal.