Kingsford Heights, IN 46382 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kingsford Heights, IN, ZIP 46382
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 166 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kingsford Heights 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 Kingsford Heights 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 Kingsford Heights's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 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 Kingsford Heights compares
At roughly 166 frost-free days, Kingsford Heights places 30,399 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 863 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Kingsford Heights's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Kingsford Heights can differ from the 46382 normal.