Horse Cave, KY 42746 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Horse Cave, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 frost-free days later.
Horse Cave 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 Horse Cave before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Horse Cave's last frost
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. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Horse Cave compares
Horse Cave's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,779 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 117 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Horse Cave's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Horse Cave's dates instead of trusting one.