Burlington, IN 46915 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Burlington, IN?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 174 frost-free days later.
Burlington 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Burlington before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Burlington compares
At roughly 174 frost-free days, Burlington places 27,590 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 683 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Burlington's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Burlington can differ from the 46915 normal.