Ferguson, KY 42533 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ferguson, KY?
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 206 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 Ferguson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Ferguson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ferguson compares
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Ferguson places 16,072 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 199 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Ferguson's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ferguson's dates instead of trusting one.