Berry, KY 41003 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Berry, KY, ZIP 41003
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 199 frost-free days later.
Berry 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
Zone 6b around Berry 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
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Berry compares
About 199 days separate Berry's last and first frost, putting it 18,213 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 297 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Berry's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Berry's dates instead of trusting one.