Edmonton, KY 42154 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Edmonton, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 frost-free days later.
Edmonton sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Edmonton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Edmonton compares
At roughly 211 frost-free days, Edmonton places 14,792 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 119 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Edmonton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Edmonton can differ from the 42154 normal.