Wingo, KY 42079 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wingo, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 209 frost-free days later.
Wingo sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Wingo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wingo compares
About 209 days separate Wingo's last and first frost, putting it 15,369 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 151 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Wingo's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Wingo can differ from the 42079 normal.