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Schererville, IN 46375 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Schererville, IN?

Zone 6a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.

Schererville 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

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Schererville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Schererville compares

Schererville's growing season runs about 179 days, ranking 25,163 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 521 of 927.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Schererville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Schererville's dates instead of trusting one.