Morehead, KY 40351 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Morehead, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 189 frost-free days later.
Morehead sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Morehead before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/17 isn't a guarantee
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Morehead compares
Morehead's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,506 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 558 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Morehead's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Morehead's dates instead of trusting one.