Sandy Hook, KY 41149 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sandy Hook, KY, ZIP 41149
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 201 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 Sandy Hook, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Sandy Hook 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 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sandy Hook compares
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Sandy Hook places 17,617 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 256 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Sandy Hook's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Sandy Hook can differ from the 41149 normal.