Whitesburg, KY 41824 Frost Dates
41824, near Whitesburg, KY: the frost window
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Whitesburg 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
Whitesburg's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/21 isn't a guarantee
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Whitesburg against the rest of the dataset
Whitesburg's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,886 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 716 of 909.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 41824: the frost range, on how to read the range around Whitesburg's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Whitesburg can differ from the 41824 normal.