Center Point, IN 47840 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Center Point, IN?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Center Point before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Center Point's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 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 192 days, ranking 20,574 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 230 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Center Point's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Center Point's dates instead of trusting one.