Dillsboro, IN 47017 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dillsboro, IN?
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 204 frost-free days later.
Dillsboro sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Dillsboro before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dillsboro's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dillsboro compares
Dillsboro's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,658 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 73 of 927.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Dillsboro can differ from the 47017 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Dillsboro's frost date answer different questions.