Worthville, KY 41098 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Worthville, KY, ZIP 41098
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 204 frost-free days later.
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 Worthville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Worthville 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 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Worthville compares
About 204 days separate Worthville's last and first frost, putting it 16,779 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 233 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Worthville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Worthville's dates instead of trusting one.