Sellersburg, IN 47172 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sellersburg, IN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 225 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 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 Sellersburg, not a forecast for this year.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
About 225 days separate Sellersburg's last and first frost, putting it 11,387 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 7 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Sellersburg's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sellersburg can differ from the 47172 normal.