Pikeville, KY 41562 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.
The actual range around Pikeville's last frost
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
Pikeville's growing season runs about 169 days, ranking 29,405 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 874 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41562's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Pikeville can differ from the 41562 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Pikeville's frost date answer different questions.