Hodgenville, KY 42757 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hodgenville, KY?
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 191 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 Hodgenville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Hodgenville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hodgenville compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Hodgenville places 20,772 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 490 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hodgenville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hodgenville can differ from the 42757 normal.