Shively, KY 40215 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Shively, KY, ZIP 40215
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 222 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 Shively, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Shively 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.
The actual range around Shively's last frost
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. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shively compares
About 222 days separate Shively's last and first frost, putting it 12,229 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 15 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Shively can differ from the 40215 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Shively's frost date answer different questions.