Calhoun, KY 42356 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Calhoun, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 211 frost-free days later.
Calhoun 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 Calhoun before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Calhoun's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Calhoun compares
About 211 days separate Calhoun's last and first frost, putting it 14,824 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 125 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Calhoun's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Calhoun's dates instead of trusting one.