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Edwardsport, IN 47535 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Edwardsport, IN?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 202 frost-free days later.

Edwardsport 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Edwardsport before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee

04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Edwardsport compares

About 202 days separate Edwardsport's last and first frost, putting it 17,361 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 92 of 927.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Edwardsport's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Edwardsport's dates instead of trusting one.