Burnside, KY 42558 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Burnside, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 206 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burnside 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Burnside before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Burnside's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Burnside compares
At roughly 206 frost-free days, Burnside places 16,082 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 202 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Burnside can differ from the 42558 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Burnside's frost date answer different questions.