Parkway Village, KY 40202 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Parkway Village, KY?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 225 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 Parkway Village, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Parkway Village before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Parkway Village compares
At roughly 225 frost-free days, Parkway Village places 11,461 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 5 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Parkway Village can differ from the 40202 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Parkway Village's frost date answer different questions.