Sandy Hook, KY 40317 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sandy Hook, KY, ZIP 40317
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 201 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Sandy Hook, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Sandy Hook has about 9 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
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sandy Hook compares
About 201 days separate Sandy Hook's last and first frost, putting it 17,616 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 255 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Sandy Hook's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Sandy Hook can differ from the 40317 normal.