Evansville, IN 47736 Frost Dates
Evansville, IN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. 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 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Evansville'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.
Evansville against the rest of the dataset
Evansville's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 15,922 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 60 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47736's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Evansville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Evansville can differ from the 47736 normal.