Crestwood, KY 40014 Frost Dates
Crestwood, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 193 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Crestwood in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Crestwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Crestwood against the rest of the dataset
About 193 days separate Crestwood's last and first frost, putting it 19,833 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 409 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40014's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Crestwood's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Crestwood can differ from the 40014 normal.