Mockingbird Valley, KY 47134 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mockingbird Valley, KY?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 225 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 Mockingbird Valley, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Mockingbird Valley before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mockingbird Valley's last frost
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
About 225 days separate Mockingbird Valley's last and first frost, putting it 11,499 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 11 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Mockingbird Valley can differ from the 47134 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Mockingbird Valley's frost date answer different questions.