Huntington, IN 46713 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Huntington, IN, ZIP 46713
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 166 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Huntington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Huntington 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.
Why 05/01 isn't a guarantee
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Huntington compares
About 166 days separate Huntington's last and first frost, putting it 30,304 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 860 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Huntington's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Huntington's dates instead of trusting one.