Birdseye, IN 47513 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Birdseye, IN, ZIP 47513
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Birdseye in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Birdseye 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.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Birdseye compares
About 204 days separate Birdseye's last and first frost, putting it 16,728 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 78 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Birdseye can differ from the 47513 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Birdseye's frost date answer different questions.