Burkesville, KY 42759 Frost Dates
Burkesville, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/18, roughly 174 days after the last spring frost.
Burkesville sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Burkesville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Burkesville against the rest of the dataset
Burkesville's growing season runs about 174 days, ranking 27,536 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 843 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42759's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Burkesville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Burkesville can differ from the 42759 normal.