Jeffersonville, KY 40334 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Jeffersonville, KY, ZIP 40334
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 175 frost-free days later.
Jeffersonville sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Jeffersonville has about 7 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 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jeffersonville compares
Jeffersonville's growing season runs about 175 days, ranking 27,006 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 826 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Jeffersonville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Jeffersonville can differ from the 40334 normal.