Shepherdsville, KY 40110 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shepherdsville, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 189 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shepherdsville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Shepherdsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Shepherdsville's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shepherdsville compares
At roughly 189 frost-free days, Shepherdsville places 21,448 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 554 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Shepherdsville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Shepherdsville's dates instead of trusting one.