Jasonville, IN 47438 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jasonville, IN, ZIP 47438
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 201 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jasonville 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 Jasonville has about 9 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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jasonville compares
About 201 days separate Jasonville's last and first frost, putting it 17,535 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 99 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Jasonville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Jasonville can differ from the 47438 normal.