Loretto, KY 40037 Frost Dates
Loretto, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
Loretto 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Loretto'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
04/13 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 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Loretto against the rest of the dataset
About 195 days separate Loretto's last and first frost, putting it 19,320 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 396 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40037's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Loretto's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Loretto can differ from the 40037 normal.