Shepherdsville, KY 40165 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shepherdsville, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 189 frost-free days later.
Shepherdsville 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.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 21,449 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 555 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.