Vanceburg, KY 41141 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Vanceburg, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/20, about 235 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 182 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Vanceburg, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Vanceburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Vanceburg's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vanceburg compares
Vanceburg's growing season runs about 182 days, ranking 24,200 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 774 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Vanceburg's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Vanceburg's dates instead of trusting one.