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Hymera, IN 47855 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Hymera, IN?

Zone 6a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 201 frost-free days later.

Hymera 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Hymera before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Hymera's last frost

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 Hymera compares

About 201 days separate Hymera's last and first frost, putting it 17,611 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 111 of 927.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Hymera's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hymera can differ from the 47855 normal.