Parkway Village, KY 40217 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Parkway Village, KY, ZIP 40217
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. 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 Parkway Village, not a forecast for this year.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Parkway Village compares
Parkway Village's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,317 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 21 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Parkway Village can differ from the 40217 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Parkway Village's frost date answer different questions.