Wheelwright, KY 41612 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wheelwright, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/21, about 236 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 183 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 Wheelwright, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Wheelwright before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wheelwright's last frost
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wheelwright compares
Wheelwright's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,918 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 726 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Wheelwright can differ from the 41612 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Wheelwright's frost date answer different questions.