Cadiz, KY 42232 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cadiz, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 frost-free days later.
Cadiz 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 Cadiz before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cadiz's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cadiz compares
About 211 days separate Cadiz's last and first frost, putting it 14,775 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 114 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Cadiz can differ from the 42232 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Cadiz's frost date answer different questions.