Economy, IN 47339 Frost Dates
Economy, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 164 days after the last spring frost.
Economy 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Economy's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Economy's last frost
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Economy against the rest of the dataset
Economy's growing season runs about 164 days, ranking 31,224 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 902 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47339's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Economy can differ from the 47339 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Economy's frost date answer different questions.