Vicco, KY 41731 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vicco, KY, ZIP 41731
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 191 frost-free days later.
Vicco sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Vicco 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 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. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vicco compares
Vicco's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,914 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 514 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Vicco's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Vicco's dates instead of trusting one.