Evansville, IN 47704 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Evansville, IN, ZIP 47704
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 206 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Evansville 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 Evansville has about 9 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
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Evansville compares
Evansville's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 15,901 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 39 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Evansville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Evansville can differ from the 47704 normal.