Kentland, IN 47951 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kentland, IN, ZIP 47951
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 175 frost-free days later.
Kentland sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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
Zone 5b around Kentland has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Kentland's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kentland compares
About 175 days separate Kentland's last and first frost, putting it 27,022 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 636 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 5b and Kentland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Kentland's dates instead of trusting one.