Hodgenville, KY 42764 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hodgenville, KY, ZIP 42764
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 191 frost-free days later.
Hodgenville 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 Hodgenville has about 8 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.
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
About 191 days separate Hodgenville's last and first frost, putting it 20,773 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 491 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hodgenville can differ from the 42764 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Hodgenville's frost date answer different questions.