Elkhorn City, KY 41522 Frost Dates
Elkhorn City, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/29, about 244 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 169 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elkhorn City 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 7 weeks until Elkhorn City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Elkhorn City against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 169 frost-free days, Elkhorn City places 29,512 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 891 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41522's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Elkhorn City's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Elkhorn City's dates instead of trusting one.