Mitchell, IN 47446 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mitchell, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 181 frost-free days later.
Mitchell sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Mitchell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mitchell's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mitchell compares
About 181 days separate Mitchell's last and first frost, putting it 24,530 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 467 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Mitchell's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Mitchell can differ from the 47446 normal.