Hawesville, KY 42364 Frost Dates
Hawesville, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 218 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hawesville in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Hawesville'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 03/16 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.
Hawesville against the rest of the dataset
Hawesville's growing season runs about 218 days, ranking 13,308 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 32 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42364's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hawesville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hawesville can differ from the 42364 normal.