Evansville, IN 47708 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Evansville, IN, ZIP 47708
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. 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.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
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
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Evansville places 15,904 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 42 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Evansville can differ from the 47708 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Evansville's frost date answer different questions.