Owingsville, KY 40360 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Owingsville, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 175 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Owingsville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Owingsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Owingsville's last frost
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 Owingsville compares
About 175 days separate Owingsville's last and first frost, putting it 27,026 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 827 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Owingsville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Owingsville's dates instead of trusting one.