Spiceland, IN 47385 Frost Dates
Spiceland, IN: when does the frost end?
Around 04/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 242 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Spiceland 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 7 weeks until Spiceland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Spiceland against the rest of the dataset
About 173 days separate Spiceland's last and first frost, putting it 27,993 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 727 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47385's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Spiceland can differ from the 47385 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Spiceland's frost date answer different questions.