Ferdinand, IN 47515 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ferdinand, IN?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 197 frost-free days later.
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 Ferdinand, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Ferdinand before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 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. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ferdinand compares
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Ferdinand places 18,696 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 135 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Ferdinand's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ferdinand's dates instead of trusting one.