Graymoor-Devondale, KY 40222 Frost Dates
Graymoor-Devondale, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 214 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Graymoor-Devondale in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Graymoor-Devondale's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Graymoor-Devondale's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Graymoor-Devondale against the rest of the dataset
About 214 days separate Graymoor-Devondale's last and first frost, putting it 14,261 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 37 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40222's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Graymoor-Devondale can differ from the 40222 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Graymoor-Devondale's frost date answer different questions.