Greenville, KY 42344 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greenville, KY, ZIP 42344
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 212 frost-free days later.
Greenville 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 Greenville has about 9 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 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenville compares
About 212 days separate Greenville's last and first frost, putting it 14,602 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 94 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenville can differ from the 42344 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Greenville's frost date answer different questions.