Loyall, KY 40863 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Loyall, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 197 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Loyall, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Loyall before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Loyall's last frost
04/15 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. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Loyall compares
Loyall's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,780 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 332 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Loyall's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Loyall's dates instead of trusting one.