Mooreland, IN 47360 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mooreland, IN, ZIP 47360
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/27, about 242 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/09, about 164 frost-free days later.
Mooreland 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 Mooreland has about 6 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 04/27 isn't a guarantee
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 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 Mooreland compares
At roughly 164 frost-free days, Mooreland places 31,164 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 889 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Mooreland can differ from the 47360 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Mooreland's frost date answer different questions.