Parkway Village, KY 40204 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Parkway Village, KY, ZIP 40204
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 214 frost-free days later.
Parkway Village 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
Zone 7a around Parkway Village has about 10 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.
Why 04/03 isn't a guarantee
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Parkway Village compares
About 214 days separate Parkway Village's last and first frost, putting it 14,336 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 77 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Parkway Village's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Parkway Village's dates instead of trusting one.