Laurel, IN 47030 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Laurel, IN, ZIP 47030
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 182 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laurel in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Laurel 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.
The actual range around Laurel's last frost
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 Laurel compares
About 182 days separate Laurel's last and first frost, putting it 24,298 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 456 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Laurel's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Laurel can differ from the 47030 normal.