Elizabethtown, IN 47273 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Elizabethtown, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 180 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown 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
04/21 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. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elizabethtown compares
About 180 days separate Elizabethtown's last and first frost, putting it 25,031 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 510 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Elizabethtown's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Elizabethtown can differ from the 47273 normal.