Blandville, KY 42061 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blandville, KY, ZIP 42061
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blandville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Blandville has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Blandville's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blandville compares
About 204 days separate Blandville's last and first frost, putting it 16,803 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 238 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Blandville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Blandville can differ from the 42061 normal.