Eddyville, KY 42038 Frost Dates
Eddyville, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/27, roughly 211 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 225 days after the last spring frost.
Eddyville 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 10 weeks until Eddyville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/27 isn't a guarantee
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Eddyville against the rest of the dataset
About 225 days separate Eddyville's last and first frost, putting it 11,430 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 3 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42038's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Eddyville can differ from the 42038 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Eddyville's frost date answer different questions.