Ridgeville, IN 47380 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ridgeville, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/25, about 240 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 173 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ridgeville 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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Ridgeville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ridgeville's last frost
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ridgeville compares
Ridgeville's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 28,029 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 735 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ridgeville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ridgeville can differ from the 47380 normal.