Kuttawa, KY 42055 Frost Dates
Kuttawa, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/27, roughly 211 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 225 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kuttawa 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 10 weeks until Kuttawa's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/27 isn't a guarantee
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kuttawa against the rest of the dataset
Kuttawa's growing season runs about 225 days, ranking 11,457 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 4 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42055's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Kuttawa can differ from the 42055 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Kuttawa's frost date answer different questions.