Scottsville, KY 42120 Frost Dates
Scottsville, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 194 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Scottsville 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 Scottsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Scottsville against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 194 frost-free days, Scottsville places 19,482 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 401 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42120's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Scottsville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Scottsville's dates instead of trusting one.