Gary, IN 46404 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gary, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 188 frost-free days later.
Gary 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Gary before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Gary's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gary compares
About 188 days separate Gary's last and first frost, putting it 21,824 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 279 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Gary's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Gary can differ from the 46404 normal.