Watterson Park, KY 40282 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Watterson Park, KY, ZIP 40282
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 214 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Watterson Park in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Watterson Park 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.
Why 04/03 isn't a guarantee
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 Watterson Park compares
At roughly 214 frost-free days, Watterson Park places 14,308 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 60 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Watterson Park can differ from the 40282 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Watterson Park's frost date answer different questions.