Prestonsburg, KY 41265 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Prestonsburg, KY, ZIP 41265
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 188 frost-free days later.
Prestonsburg 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 Prestonsburg has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Prestonsburg compares
About 188 days separate Prestonsburg's last and first frost, putting it 22,039 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 621 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Prestonsburg's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Prestonsburg's dates instead of trusting one.