Versailles, IN 47042 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Versailles, IN?
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.
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 Versailles, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Versailles before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Versailles compares
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Versailles places 29,723 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 830 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Versailles's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Versailles can differ from the 47042 normal.