Center Point, IN 47833 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Center Point, IN, ZIP 47833
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 180 frost-free days later.
Center Point sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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
Zone 6a around Center Point has about 8 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 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Center Point compares
Center Point's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 25,071 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 515 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Center Point's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Center Point's dates instead of trusting one.