Medora, IN 47264 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Medora, IN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 181 frost-free days later.
Medora sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Medora before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Medora compares
Medora's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,672 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 473 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Medora's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Medora's dates instead of trusting one.