Lakeville, IN 46680 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lakeville, IN, ZIP 46680
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 163 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lakeville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Lakeville 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 Lakeville's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lakeville compares
Lakeville's growing season runs about 163 days, ranking 31,480 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 913 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lakeville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lakeville can differ from the 46680 normal.