Greens Fork, IN 47345 Frost Dates
Greens Fork, IN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 164 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greens Fork in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Greens Fork's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Greens Fork'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.
Greens Fork against the rest of the dataset
Greens Fork's growing season runs about 164 days, ranking 31,168 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 890 of 927.
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Before leaning on 47345's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Greens Fork can differ from the 47345 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Greens Fork's frost date answer different questions.