Town of Pines, IN 46361 Frost Dates
Town of Pines, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Town of Pines 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 9 weeks until Town of Pines's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/22 isn't a guarantee
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Town of Pines against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Town of Pines places 22,152 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 290 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46361's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Town of Pines can differ from the 46361 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Town of Pines's frost date answer different questions.