Pineville, KY 40958 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pineville, KY, ZIP 40958
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 197 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pineville 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
Zone 7a around Pineville has about 9 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pineville compares
About 197 days separate Pineville's last and first frost, putting it 18,714 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 317 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Pineville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pineville's dates instead of trusting one.