Hyden, KY 41777 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hyden, KY, ZIP 41777
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 191 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 Hyden, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Hyden 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.
The actual range around Hyden'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 Hyden compares
About 191 days separate Hyden's last and first frost, putting it 20,925 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 525 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hyden can differ from the 41777 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Hyden's frost date answer different questions.