Stinesville, IN 47464 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stinesville, IN, ZIP 47464
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 180 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Stinesville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Stinesville has about 8 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
04/20 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 Stinesville compares
About 180 days separate Stinesville's last and first frost, putting it 25,076 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 516 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Stinesville can differ from the 47464 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Stinesville's frost date answer different questions.