Berea, KY 40461 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Berea, KY?
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 213 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Berea in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Berea before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Berea's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Berea compares
Berea's growing season runs about 213 days, ranking 14,460 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 87 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Berea's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Berea can differ from the 40461 normal.