Frost dates for Whitesburg 2 SE, Kentucky
Half of years have their last spring frost by April 21, but 1 year in 10 still frosts after May 6.
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 6
- 1 year in 5
- April 30
- 3 years in 10
- April 27
- 2 years in 5
- April 24
- Half of years (the median)
- April 21
First fall freeze
How often the first freeze comes on or before each date.
- 1 year in 10
- October 9
- 1 year in 5
- October 14
- 3 years in 10
- October 16
- 2 years in 5
- October 19
- Half of years (the median)
- October 22
- Growing season
- about 183 days
- Hardiness zones nearby
- 6b, 7a
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 27 °C81 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- June to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~7 °C44 °F · low ~-4 °C24 °F · rain ~103 mm4 in
- February
- high ~9 °C49 °F · low ~-3 °C26 °F · rain ~102 mm4 in
- March
- high ~14 °C57 °F · low ~0 °C32 °F · rain ~117 mm4.6 in
- April
- high ~20 °C68 °F · low ~4 °C40 °F · rain ~114 mm4.5 in
- May
- high ~23 °C74 °F · low ~10 °C50 °F · rain ~125 mm4.9 in
- June
- high ~26 °C79 °F · low ~14 °C58 °F · rain ~118 mm4.6 in
- July
- high ~28 °C82 °F · low ~18 °C64 °F · rain ~142 mm5.6 in
- August
- high ~27 °C81 °F · low ~17 °C62 °F · rain ~111 mm4.4 in
- September
- high ~25 °C76 °F · low ~13 °C55 °F · rain ~88 mm3.5 in
- October
- high ~20 °C68 °F · low ~6 °C42 °F · rain ~76 mm3 in
- November
- high ~14 °C57 °F · low ~0 °C32 °F · rain ~78 mm3.1 in
- December
- high ~8 °C47 °F · low ~-3 °C27 °F · rain ~110 mm4.3 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Whitesburg 2 SE station (listed by NOAA as Whitesburg 2SE, USC00158635), at 37.10, -82.80. 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
40826, 40862, 41517, 41537, 41572, 41606, 41612, 41650, 41667, 41669, 41725, 41731…
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41746, 41751, 41759, 41760, 41773, 41774, 41804, 41810, 41812, 41815, 41817, 41821, 41822, 41824, 41825, 41826, 41828, 41832, 41833, 41834, 41835, 41836, 41837, 41838, 41840, 41843, 41844, 41845, 41847, 41848, 41849, 41855, 41858, 41862.
Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Big Stone Gap, VA, last frost by April 20
- Breaks Interstate Park, VA, last frost by April 22
- Baxter, KY, last frost by April 15
- Prestonsburg 3 WSW, KY, last frost by April 23
- Williamson, WV, last frost by April 8
- Richlands, VA, last frost by April 27
Other stations in Kentucky.
- Louisville Mcalpine, KY, last frost by March 31
- Rochester Ferry, KY, last frost by April 15
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