Shively, KY 40258 Frost Dates
Shively, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shively 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 Shively's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Shively's last frost
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 04/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Shively against the rest of the dataset
Shively's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,231 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 17 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40258's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Shively's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Shively can differ from the 40258 normal.