Brodhead, KY 40409 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Brodhead, KY, ZIP 40409
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 189 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brodhead 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 Brodhead has about 8 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.
The actual range around Brodhead's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brodhead compares
Brodhead's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,642 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 571 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Brodhead's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Brodhead's dates instead of trusting one.