Sellersburg, IN 47143 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sellersburg, IN?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 225 frost-free days later.
Sellersburg sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Sellersburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sellersburg compares
At roughly 225 frost-free days, Sellersburg places 11,386 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 6 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Sellersburg can differ from the 47143 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Sellersburg's frost date answer different questions.