Elberfeld, IN 47613 Frost Dates
Elberfeld, IN: when does the frost end?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 206 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elberfeld in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Elberfeld's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elberfeld against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Elberfeld places 16,086 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 68 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47613's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Elberfeld can differ from the 47613 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Elberfeld's frost date answer different questions.