Perryville, KY 40468 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Perryville, KY, ZIP 40468
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 199 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Perryville 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 Perryville 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.
The actual range around Perryville's last frost
04/09 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. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Perryville compares
About 199 days separate Perryville's last and first frost, putting it 18,165 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 293 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Perryville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Perryville can differ from the 40468 normal.