Flatwoods, KY 41169 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Flatwoods, KY, ZIP 41169
Around 04/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 237 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 181 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Flatwoods, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Flatwoods 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 Flatwoods's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Flatwoods compares
About 181 days separate Flatwoods's last and first frost, putting it 24,494 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 785 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Flatwoods can differ from the 41169 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Flatwoods's frost date answer different questions.