Last Frost Date Fort Wayne: Frost Dates, Late Frost Risk & Growing Season
When is the last spring frost and the first autumn frost in Fort Wayne? Frost dates from 30 years of data, the risk of late frost, frost-free days and planting dates.
The frost season in Fort Wayne
- Last frost (average): April 24
- In 1 year out of 10 it still freezes on May 8.
- First frost: October 22
- Frost-free season: 180 days
- Frost after 15 May: in 3 % of years
Frost days per month in Fort Wayne
- January: 28.3 · -8 °C
- February: 25.4 · -6 °C
- March: 21 · -1 °C
- April: 6.6 · 4 °C
- May: 0.3 · 10 °C
- June: 0 · 16 °C
- July: 0 · 18 °C
- August: 0 · 16 °C
- September: 0 · 12 °C
- October: 2.3 · 6 °C
- November: 15.7 · 0 °C
- December: 25.9 · -4 °C
- Matched to the average lows of a weather station 16 km away – accurate to about ±1–2 weeks.
- Daily minimum temperatures 2 m above ground over 30 years (1991–2020), NASA POWER; station data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Ground frost can form while the air at 2 m is still +2 to +3 °C.