Montpelier, IN 47359 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Montpelier, IN, ZIP 47359
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 171 frost-free days later.
Montpelier 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 Montpelier 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Montpelier compares
Montpelier's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,708 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 768 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Montpelier's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Montpelier can differ from the 47359 normal.