Blaine, KY 41226 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blaine, KY, ZIP 41226
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 174 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Blaine has about 7 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.
The actual range around Blaine's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blaine compares
About 174 days separate Blaine's last and first frost, putting it 27,661 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 851 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Blaine's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Blaine can differ from the 41226 normal.