Newberry, IN 47449 Frost Dates
Newberry, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Newberry, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Newberry's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Newberry against the rest of the dataset
Newberry's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,847 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 159 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47449's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Newberry can differ from the 47449 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Newberry's frost date answer different questions.