Taylorsville, KY 40046 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Taylorsville, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 176 frost-free days later.
Taylorsville sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Taylorsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taylorsville compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Taylorsville places 26,520 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 820 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Taylorsville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Taylorsville's dates instead of trusting one.