Robards, KY 42452 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Robards, KY, ZIP 42452
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 207 frost-free days later.
Robards 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 Robards 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 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 Robards compares
About 207 days separate Robards's last and first frost, putting it 15,869 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 181 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Robards's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Robards's dates instead of trusting one.