South Carrollton, KY 42374 Frost Dates
When can you plant in South Carrollton, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 211 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for South Carrollton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in South Carrollton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around South Carrollton's last frost
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. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How South Carrollton compares
About 211 days separate South Carrollton's last and first frost, putting it 14,903 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 133 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and South Carrollton's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around South Carrollton's dates instead of trusting one.