Brooksburg, IN 47224 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brooksburg, IN?
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 204 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 Brooksburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Brooksburg 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
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brooksburg compares
Brooksburg's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,804 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 81 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Brooksburg can differ from the 47224 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Brooksburg's frost date answer different questions.