Paintsville, KY 41234 Frost Dates
Paintsville, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paintsville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
With roughly 8 weeks until Paintsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paintsville against the rest of the dataset
Paintsville's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,027 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 612 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41234's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Paintsville can differ from the 41234 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Paintsville's frost date answer different questions.