Holland, IN 47541 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Holland, IN, ZIP 47541
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 197 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holland in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Holland 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
04/11 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 Holland compares
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Holland places 18,765 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 146 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Holland can differ from the 47541 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Holland's frost date answer different questions.