Pikeville, KY 41501 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pikeville, KY, ZIP 41501
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 183 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Pikeville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Pikeville 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.
Why 04/23 isn't a guarantee
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pikeville compares
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Pikeville places 23,817 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 709 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pikeville can differ from the 41501 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Pikeville's frost date answer different questions.