Kingman, IN 47952 Frost Dates
Kingman, IN: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/14, roughly 171 days after the last spring frost.
Kingman 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Kingman'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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kingman against the rest of the dataset
About 171 days separate Kingman's last and first frost, putting it 28,773 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 776 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 47952's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Kingman can differ from the 47952 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Kingman's frost date answer different questions.