Pikeville, KY 41526 Frost Dates
Pikeville, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. 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 Pikeville 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 Pikeville'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.
Pikeville against the rest of the dataset
About 169 days separate Pikeville's last and first frost, putting it 29,403 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 872 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41526's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Pikeville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Pikeville can differ from the 41526 normal.