Hope, IN 47246 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hope, IN?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 195 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hope in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Hope before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hope's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hope compares
About 195 days separate Hope's last and first frost, putting it 19,287 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 181 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hope's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hope can differ from the 47246 normal.