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Greenup, KY 45636 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Greenup, KY, ZIP 45636

Zone 7a

Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. 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.

The actual range around Greenup's last frost

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

Greenup's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,830 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 502 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 45636 normal.