Schneider, IN 46379 Frost Dates
Schneider, IN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 171 days after the last spring frost.
Schneider sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Schneider's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Schneider against the rest of the dataset
Schneider's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,816 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 784 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46379's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Schneider can differ from the 46379 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Schneider's frost date answer different questions.