Independence, KY 41019 Frost Dates
Independence, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Independence, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Independence's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Independence's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Independence against the rest of the dataset
Independence's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 21,850 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 590 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41019's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Independence's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Independence can differ from the 41019 normal.