Blaine, KY 41257 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blaine, KY, ZIP 41257
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.
Blaine sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a 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
Blaine's growing season runs about 174 days, ranking 27,662 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 852 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Blaine's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Blaine's dates instead of trusting one.