Morgantown, KY 42288 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Morgantown, KY, ZIP 42288
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 187 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Morgantown has about 8 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 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Morgantown compares
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Morgantown places 22,398 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 665 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Morgantown's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Morgantown can differ from the 42288 normal.