Wingo, KY 38226 Frost Dates
Wingo, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Wingo, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Wingo's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wingo against the rest of the dataset
About 204 days separate Wingo's last and first frost, putting it 16,709 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 226 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 38226's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wingo's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wingo can differ from the 38226 normal.