Evarts, KY 40870 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Evarts, KY, ZIP 40870
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. 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 Evarts, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Evarts 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.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
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 Evarts compares
About 197 days separate Evarts's last and first frost, putting it 18,771 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 323 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Evarts's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Evarts's dates instead of trusting one.