Vicco, KY 41847 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vicco, KY, ZIP 41847
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vicco in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Vicco 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 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
About 191 days separate Vicco's last and first frost, putting it 20,923 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 523 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Vicco's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Vicco can differ from the 41847 normal.