Staunton, IN 47881 Frost Dates
Staunton, IN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Staunton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Staunton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Staunton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Staunton places 20,525 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 228 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47881's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Staunton can differ from the 47881 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Staunton's frost date answer different questions.