West College Corner, IN 47003 Frost Dates
Frost dates for West College Corner, IN, ZIP 47003
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 182 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 West College Corner, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around West College Corner has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How West College Corner compares
At roughly 182 frost-free days, West College Corner places 24,283 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 451 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in West College Corner can differ from the 47003 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and West College Corner's frost date answer different questions.