Fountain City, IN 47392 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fountain City, IN, ZIP 47392
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 Fountain City 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 Fountain City 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Fountain City compares
At roughly 164 frost-free days, Fountain City places 31,093 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 881 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Fountain City can differ from the 47392 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Fountain City's frost date answer different questions.