Cumberland, KY 41833 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cumberland, KY, ZIP 41833
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 191 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 Cumberland, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Cumberland has about 9 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.
The actual range around Cumberland's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 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 Cumberland compares
Cumberland's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,800 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 497 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cumberland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cumberland can differ from the 41833 normal.