North Judson, IN 46366 Frost Dates
North Judson, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 174 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts North Judson in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 7 weeks until North Judson'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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
North Judson against the rest of the dataset
North Judson's growing season runs about 174 days, ranking 27,510 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 664 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46366's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around North Judson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in North Judson can differ from the 46366 normal.