Clifford, IN 47226 Frost Dates
Clifford, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
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 Clifford, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Clifford's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clifford against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Clifford places 19,367 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 186 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47226's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Clifford's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Clifford can differ from the 47226 normal.