Evansville, IN 47737 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Evansville, IN?
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.
Evansville 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Evansville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Evansville places 15,923 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 61 of 927.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Evansville can differ from the 47737 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Evansville's frost date answer different questions.