New Albany, IN 47119 Frost Dates
New Albany, IN: when does the frost end?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 225 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Albany in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until New Albany's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
New Albany against the rest of the dataset
New Albany's growing season runs about 225 days, ranking 11,367 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 3 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47119's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in New Albany can differ from the 47119 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and New Albany's frost date answer different questions.