Barlow, KY 42024 Frost Dates
42024, near Barlow, KY: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
Barlow 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
Barlow's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Barlow against the rest of the dataset
Barlow's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,831 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 128 of 909.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 42024: local microclimates, on what one yard in Barlow can differ from the 42024 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Barlow's frost date answer different questions.