Blaine, KY 41124 Frost Dates
41124, near Blaine, KY: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 174 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blaine in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Blaine's growing season runs out in roughly 7 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Blaine against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 174 frost-free days, Blaine places 27,657 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 847 of 909.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 41124: local microclimates, on what one yard in Blaine can differ from the 41124 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6b and Blaine's frost date answer different questions.