North Manchester, IN 46962 Frost Dates
When can you plant in North Manchester, IN?
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 174 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 North Manchester, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in North Manchester before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around North Manchester's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How North Manchester compares
About 174 days separate North Manchester's last and first frost, putting it 27,444 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 661 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around North Manchester's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in North Manchester can differ from the 46962 normal.