Barbourville, KY 40953 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Barbourville, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 187 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 Barbourville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Barbourville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Barbourville's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 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 Barbourville compares
Barbourville's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,388 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 660 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Barbourville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Barbourville's dates instead of trusting one.