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Albany, IN 47320 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Albany, IN, ZIP 47320

Zone 6a

Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 173 frost-free days later.

Albany sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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

Zone 6a around Albany has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

Why 04/25 isn't a guarantee

04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Albany compares

Albany's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 27,925 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 715 of 927.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Albany's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Albany can differ from the 47320 normal.