Gentryville, IN 47537 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Gentryville, IN?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 197 frost-free days later.
Gentryville sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Gentryville 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 Gentryville compares
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Gentryville places 18,833 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 157 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Gentryville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Gentryville's dates instead of trusting one.