Buckhorn, KY 41745 Frost Dates
Buckhorn, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 188 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buckhorn 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 8 weeks until Buckhorn's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/08 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Buckhorn against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Buckhorn places 22,261 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 639 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41745's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Buckhorn can differ from the 41745 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Buckhorn's frost date answer different questions.