Hazard, KY 41719 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hazard, KY?
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 188 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 Hazard, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Hazard before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hazard's last frost
04/19 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. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hazard compares
About 188 days separate Hazard's last and first frost, putting it 22,003 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 604 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Hazard's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Hazard can differ from the 41719 normal.