Pippa Passes, KY 41836 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pippa Passes, KY, ZIP 41836
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/21, roughly 236 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 183 frost-free days later.
Pippa Passes 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 Pippa Passes has about 8 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.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
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 Pippa Passes compares
About 183 days separate Pippa Passes's last and first frost, putting it 23,971 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 734 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Pippa Passes's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pippa Passes's dates instead of trusting one.