Auburn, KY 42274 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Auburn, KY?
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 208 frost-free days later.
Auburn sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Auburn before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Auburn's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 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 Auburn compares
About 208 days separate Auburn's last and first frost, putting it 15,660 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 164 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Auburn can differ from the 42274 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Auburn's frost date answer different questions.