Fordsville, KY 42338 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fordsville, KY?
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fordsville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Fordsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Fordsville's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fordsville compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Fordsville places 20,526 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 466 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Fordsville can differ from the 42338 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Fordsville's frost date answer different questions.