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Vicco, KY 41760 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Vicco, KY?

Zone 7a

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

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Vicco before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Vicco's last frost

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 20,918 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 518 of 909.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Vicco's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Vicco can differ from the 41760 normal.