Woodland Hills, KY 40243 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Woodland Hills, KY, ZIP 40243
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 214 frost-free days later.
Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills 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
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 Woodland Hills compares
Woodland Hills's growing season runs about 214 days, ranking 14,327 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 72 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodland Hills can differ from the 40243 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Woodland Hills's frost date answer different questions.