Watterson Park, KY 40295 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Watterson Park, KY, ZIP 40295
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.
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 Watterson Park, not a forecast for this year.
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
About 214 days separate Watterson Park's last and first frost, putting it 14,316 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 68 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Watterson Park can differ from the 40295 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Watterson Park's frost date answer different questions.