Wheelwright, KY 41538 Frost Dates
Wheelwright, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wheelwright in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Wheelwright'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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wheelwright against the rest of the dataset
Wheelwright's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,502 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 886 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41538's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wheelwright can differ from the 41538 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Wheelwright's frost date answer different questions.