Wayland, KY 41839 Frost Dates
Wayland, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wayland in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Wayland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Wayland's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wayland against the rest of the dataset
Wayland's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 24,010 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 760 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41839's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wayland can differ from the 41839 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Wayland's frost date answer different questions.