Sardis, KY 41055 Frost Dates
Sardis, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 200 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 Sardis, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Sardis'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
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sardis against the rest of the dataset
Sardis's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,925 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 277 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41055's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Sardis can differ from the 41055 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Sardis's frost date answer different questions.