Burnettsville, IN 47926 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Burnettsville, IN?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 185 frost-free days later.
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 Burnettsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Burnettsville 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
04/20 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. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Burnettsville compares
Burnettsville's growing season runs about 185 days, ranking 23,302 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 389 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Burnettsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Burnettsville can differ from the 47926 normal.