Evarts, KY 40849 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Evarts, KY, ZIP 40849
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 179 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Evarts 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 Evarts 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 Evarts's last frost
04/22 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. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Evarts compares
About 179 days separate Evarts's last and first frost, putting it 25,435 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 803 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Evarts's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Evarts can differ from the 40849 normal.