Independence, KY 41051 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.
Independence sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Independence places 21,851 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 591 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41051's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Independence's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Independence's dates instead of trusting one.