Greenup, KY 41144 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greenup, KY, ZIP 41144
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 182 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 Greenup, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Greenup has about 8 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.
The actual range around Greenup's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenup compares
Greenup's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,218 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 776 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Greenup's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenup can differ from the 41144 normal.