Whitesburg, KY 41848 Frost Dates
Whitesburg, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 191 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Whitesburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/18 isn't a guarantee
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 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.
Whitesburg against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Whitesburg places 20,809 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 500 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41848's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Whitesburg can differ from the 41848 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Whitesburg's frost date answer different questions.