Shelburn, IN 47849 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shelburn, IN?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 201 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Shelburn, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Shelburn 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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shelburn compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Shelburn places 17,578 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 103 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Shelburn's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Shelburn can differ from the 47849 normal.