Mockingbird Valley, KY 47132 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Mockingbird Valley, KY, ZIP 47132
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 225 frost-free days later.
Mockingbird Valley 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 Mockingbird Valley has about 10 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 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mockingbird Valley compares
At roughly 225 frost-free days, Mockingbird Valley places 11,497 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 9 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Mockingbird Valley can differ from the 47132 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Mockingbird Valley's frost date answer different questions.