Blandville, KY 42069 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blandville, KY, ZIP 42069
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 206 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Blandville, not a forecast for this year.
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.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blandville compares
Blandville's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,149 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 208 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Blandville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Blandville's dates instead of trusting one.