Fountain Run, KY 42153 Frost Dates
Fountain Run, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fountain Run 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 9 weeks until Fountain Run's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Fountain Run's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fountain Run against the rest of the dataset
Fountain Run's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,544 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 92 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42153's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Fountain Run's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Fountain Run can differ from the 42153 normal.