Wheatcroft, KY 42463 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wheatcroft, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 203 frost-free days later.
Wheatcroft 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Wheatcroft before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wheatcroft's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wheatcroft compares
About 203 days separate Wheatcroft's last and first frost, putting it 17,065 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 249 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Wheatcroft's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Wheatcroft's dates instead of trusting one.