Owensboro, KY 42302 Frost Dates
Owensboro, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
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 Owensboro, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Owensboro's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/02 isn't a guarantee
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Owensboro against the rest of the dataset
About 211 days separate Owensboro's last and first frost, putting it 14,711 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 104 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42302's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Owensboro's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Owensboro's dates instead of trusting one.