Middlesborough, KY 40965 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Middlesborough, KY, ZIP 40965
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 187 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Middlesborough 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 Middlesborough has about 8 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
04/19 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 Middlesborough compares
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Middlesborough places 22,320 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 643 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Middlesborough can differ from the 40965 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Middlesborough's frost date answer different questions.