Shively, KY 40210 Frost Dates
Shively, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/09, roughly 225 days after the last spring frost.
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 Shively, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Shively'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
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Shively against the rest of the dataset
Shively's growing season runs about 225 days, ranking 11,381 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 1 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40210's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Shively's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Shively's dates instead of trusting one.