Buckhorn, KY 41390 Frost Dates
41390, near Buckhorn, KY: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. 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 Buckhorn 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
Buckhorn's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
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 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buckhorn against the rest of the dataset
Buckhorn's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,258 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 636 of 909.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 41390: local microclimates, on what one yard in Buckhorn can differ from the 41390 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Buckhorn's frost date answer different questions.