English, IN 47118 Frost Dates
Frost dates for English, IN, ZIP 47118
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 204 frost-free days later.
English 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
Zone 6b around English has about 9 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
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How English compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, English places 16,693 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 74 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and English's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around English's dates instead of trusting one.