Hindman, KY 41822 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hindman, KY?
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.
Hindman 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 Hindman before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hindman'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 Hindman compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Hindman places 20,867 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 509 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hindman's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hindman can differ from the 41822 normal.