Gentryville, IN 47552 Frost Dates
Gentryville, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Gentryville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gentryville against the rest of the dataset
Gentryville's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,834 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 158 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47552's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Gentryville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Gentryville can differ from the 47552 normal.