Raywick, KY 40060 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Raywick, KY, ZIP 40060
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 180 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Raywick, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Raywick 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
04/22 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. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Raywick compares
At roughly 180 frost-free days, Raywick places 25,098 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 795 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Raywick can differ from the 40060 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Raywick's frost date answer different questions.