Fordsville, KY 42343 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fordsville, KY, ZIP 42343
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 187 frost-free days later.
Fordsville 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
Zone 7a around Fordsville has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/17 isn't a guarantee
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fordsville compares
Fordsville's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,569 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 686 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Fordsville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fordsville can differ from the 42343 normal.