Paducah, KY 42003 Frost Dates
Paducah, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 203 days after the last spring frost.
Paducah sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Paducah's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/06 isn't a guarantee
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paducah against the rest of the dataset
Paducah's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 16,853 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 241 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42003's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Paducah can differ from the 42003 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Paducah's frost date answer different questions.