Bardstown, KY 40004 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bardstown, KY, ZIP 40004
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 195 frost-free days later.
Bardstown sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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 7a around Bardstown has about 8 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
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bardstown compares
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Bardstown places 19,214 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 391 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bardstown can differ from the 40004 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bardstown's frost date answer different questions.