Greenup, KY 45629 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Greenup, KY, ZIP 45629
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 191 frost-free days later.
Greenup 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 Greenup 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenup compares
About 191 days separate Greenup's last and first frost, putting it 20,829 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 501 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Greenup's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Greenup can differ from the 45629 normal.