Hopkinsville, KY 42240 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hopkinsville, KY, ZIP 42240
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 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 Hopkinsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Hopkinsville 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 04/04 isn't a guarantee
04/04 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. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hopkinsville compares
Hopkinsville's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,722 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 110 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Hopkinsville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Hopkinsville can differ from the 42240 normal.