Morgantown, KY 42261 Frost Dates
Morgantown, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Morgantown in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 8 weeks until Morgantown's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Morgantown against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Morgantown places 22,397 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 664 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42261's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Morgantown's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Morgantown can differ from the 42261 normal.