Yeoman, IN 47997 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Yeoman, IN, ZIP 47997
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 179 frost-free days later.
Yeoman 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Yeoman 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 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 Yeoman compares
At roughly 179 frost-free days, Yeoman places 25,524 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IN, it ranks 541 of 927.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Yeoman's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Yeoman can differ from the 47997 normal.