Elkhorn City, KY 41561 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elkhorn City, KY, ZIP 41561
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 169 frost-free days later.
Elkhorn City 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 Elkhorn City has about 7 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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elkhorn City compares
About 169 days separate Elkhorn City's last and first frost, putting it 29,516 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 895 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Elkhorn City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Elkhorn City can differ from the 41561 normal.