{"id":195,"date":"2019-09-26T19:59:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T19:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:28:02","slug":"freeze-frost-probability-growing-season-length","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/freeze-frost-probability-growing-season-length\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeze\/Frost Probability &amp; Growing Season Length"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\tFreeze\/Frost Probability &amp; Growing Season Length\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<p><strong>Freeze\/frost probability maps \u2013 based on 1981-2010 normals<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tSpring\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>temperature as cold or colder than<\/p>\n\t<strong>36\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_36F_average-scaled.png\">Average last day of 36\u00b0F or lower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_36F_10pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a last 36\u00b0F temp. before this date<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_36F_90pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a last 36\u00b0F temp. after this date<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>32\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_32F_average-scaled.png\">Average last day of 32\u00b0F or lower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_32F_10pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a last 32\u00b0F temp. before this date<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_32F_90pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a last 32\u00b0F temp. after this date<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>28\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_28F_average-scaled.png\">Average last day of 28\u00b0F or lower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_28F_10pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a last 28\u00b0F temp. before this date<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spring_last_28F_90pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a last 28\u00b0F temp. after this date<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tAutumn\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>temperature as cold or colder than<\/p>\n\t<strong>36\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_36F_average-scaled.png\">Average first day of 36\u00b0F or lower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_36F_10pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 36\u00b0F temp. before this date<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_36F_90pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 36\u00b0F temp. after this date<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>32\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_32F_average-scaled.png\">Average first day of 32\u00b0F or lower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_32F_10pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 32\u00b0F temp. before this date<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_32F_90pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 32\u00b0F temp. after this date<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>28\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_28F_average-scaled.png\">Average first day of 28\u00b0F or lower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_28F_10pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 28\u00b0F temp. before this date<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/autumn_first_28F_90pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 28\u00b0F temp. after this date<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tGrowing Season Length\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>temperature persistently above or equal to<\/p>\n\t<strong>36\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_36F_average-scaled.png\">Average growing season length days \u2265 36\u00b0F<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_36F_10pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 36\u00b0F temp. before this date<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_36F_90pct-scaled.png\">1 in 10 years have a first 36\u00b0F temp. after this date<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>32\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_32F_average-scaled.png\">Average growing season length days \u2265 32\u00b0F<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_32F_10pct-scaled.png\">10% of days \u2265 32\u00b0F longer than<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_32F_90pct-scaled.png\">90% of days \u2265 32\u00b0F longer than<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>28\u00b0F<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_28F_average-scaled.png\">Average growing season length days \u2265 28\u00b0F<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_28F_10pct-scaled.png\">10% of days \u2265 28\u00b0F longer than<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/growing_season_28F_90pct-scaled.png\">90% of days \u2265 28\u00b0F longer than<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/climate-maps\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/indiana-state-climate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/climatemaps-w.png\" alt=\"climatemaps-w\" height=\"492\" width=\"491\" title=\"climatemaps-w\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3>\n\t\t<a 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