Frost dates for Prestonsburg 3 WSW, Kentucky
Half of years have their last spring frost by April 23, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 10.
A frost date is really a percentile from 30 years of records at a nearby weather station: in about half of years a frost still comes after the median date. Both numbers are below, so you can choose the risk yourself.
The odds
Last spring frost
How often a frost still comes on or after each date.
- 1 year in 10
- May 10
- 1 year in 5
- May 4
- 3 years in 10
- April 30
- 2 years in 5
- April 26
- Half of years (the median)
- April 23
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 8
- 1 year in 5
- October 14
- 3 years in 10
- October 18
- 2 years in 5
- October 21
- Half of years (the median)
- October 23
- Growing season
- about 183 days
- Hardiness zone nearby
- 7a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 29 °C84 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- May to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer heat
Month by month
- January
- high ~6 °C44 °F · low ~-5 °C23 °F
- February
- high ~9 °C48 °F · low ~-4 °C26 °F
- March
- high ~14 °C57 °F · low ~-1 °C31 °F
- April
- high ~21 °C69 °F · low ~4 °C40 °F
- May
- high ~24 °C76 °F · low ~11 °C51 °F
- June
- high ~28 °C83 °F · low ~16 °C60 °F
- July
- high ~30 °C86 °F · low ~18 °C64 °F
- August
- high ~29 °C85 °F · low ~17 °C63 °F
- September
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~14 °C56 °F
- October
- high ~20 °C68 °F · low ~6 °C44 °F
- November
- high ~14 °C57 °F · low ~0 °C32 °F
- December
- high ~8 °C47 °F · low ~-3 °C27 °F
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Prestonsburg 3 WSW station (listed by NOAA as Prestonsburg 3WSW, USC00156563), at 37.66, -82.83. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
41216, 41222, 41234, 41265, 41268, 41464, 41465, 41601, 41602, 41603, 41604, 41605, 41607, 41615, 41616, 41619, 41621, 41622, 41630, 41631, 41632, 41635, 41636, 41640, 41642, 41643, 41645, 41647, 41649, 41653, 41655, 41659, 41660, 41663, 41666, 41831, 41839, 41859, 41861.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Williamson, WV, last frost by April 8
- Whitesburg 2 SE, KY, last frost by April 21
- Breaks Interstate Park, VA, last frost by April 22
- Logan, WV, last frost by April 8
- Big Stone Gap, VA, last frost by April 20
- Hamlin, WV, last frost by April 23
Other stations in Kentucky.
- Baxter, KY, last frost by April 15
- Louisville Mcalpine, KY, last frost by March 31
- Rochester Ferry, KY, last frost by April 15