Hazel, KY 42049 Frost Dates
Hazel, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hazel in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Hazel's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Hazel's last frost
04/05 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 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hazel against the rest of the dataset
About 209 days separate Hazel's last and first frost, putting it 15,392 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 152 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42049's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Hazel's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hazel's dates instead of trusting one.