Francesville, IN 47946 Frost Dates
Francesville, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Francesville in Zone 5b (-15 to -10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Francesville'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
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Francesville against the rest of the dataset
Francesville's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 28,011 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within IN, it ranks 732 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47946's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Francesville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Francesville's dates instead of trusting one.