Irvington, KY 40115 Frost Dates
Irvington, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/25, roughly 240 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
Irvington 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 7 weeks until Irvington'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
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Irvington against the rest of the dataset
Irvington's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,377 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 859 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40115's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Irvington can differ from the 40115 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Irvington's frost date answer different questions.