Greens Fork, IN 47375 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greens Fork, IN, ZIP 47375
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.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Greens Fork 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.
The actual range around Greens Fork's last frost
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 Greens Fork compares
About 164 days separate Greens Fork's last and first frost, putting it 31,169 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 891 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Greens Fork's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Greens Fork's dates instead of trusting one.