Huntertown, IN 46818 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Huntertown, IN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 178 frost-free days later.
Huntertown 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Huntertown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Huntertown's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Huntertown compares
Huntertown's growing season runs about 178 days, ranking 25,643 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 582 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Huntertown can differ from the 46818 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Huntertown's frost date answer different questions.