Georgetown, IN 47146 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Georgetown, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 225 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Georgetown, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Georgetown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Georgetown's last frost
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 Georgetown compares
Georgetown's growing season runs about 225 days, ranking 11,408 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 11 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Georgetown can differ from the 47146 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Georgetown's frost date answer different questions.