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Moores Hill, IN 47032 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Moores Hill, IN, ZIP 47032

Zone 6b

Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 168 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moores Hill in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Moores Hill has about 7 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 Moores Hill's last frost

04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Moores Hill compares

Moores Hill's growing season runs about 168 days, ranking 29,754 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 837 of 927.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Moores Hill can differ from the 47032 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Moores Hill's frost date answer different questions.