Drakesboro, KY 42332 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Drakesboro, KY, ZIP 42332
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 187 frost-free days later.
Drakesboro 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
Zone 7a around Drakesboro 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.
The actual range around Drakesboro's last frost
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 Drakesboro compares
Drakesboro's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,564 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 683 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Drakesboro's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Drakesboro can differ from the 42332 normal.