When to plant in Hopkinsville, KY

Planting dates worked out from Hopkinsville's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 16

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 6

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 31

1 year in 10 by Oct 17

Frost-free days

209

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Hopkinsville · 3.2 km away · station 158 m, town 161 m. How we match towns to stations

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Feb 19 – Mar 5	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 10
Sweet pepper	Feb 5 – Feb 19	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 15
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 2 – Feb 9	Mar 9 – Mar 23	Apr 18
Peas	—	Mar 2 – Mar 30	Apr 26
Bush beans	—	Apr 9 – Apr 30	May 29
Carrot	—	Mar 16 – Apr 27	May 15
Beet	—	Mar 13 – Apr 24	May 2
Potato	—	Mar 16 – Apr 6	May 25
Kale	Jan 26 – Feb 9	Mar 9 – Mar 23	Apr 21
Broccoli	Jan 26 – Feb 9	Mar 9 – Mar 30	May 8
Cucumber	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 5
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	May 31
Winter squash	Mar 19 – Mar 26	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jul 5
Sweet corn	—	Apr 9 – Apr 30	Jun 8
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 9 – Mar 30	Jun 7
Garlic	—	Oct 17 – Nov 14 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 2 – Mar 30	Apr 9
Basil	Mar 5 – Mar 19	Apr 16 – Apr 30	Jun 12

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Hopkinsville's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1897	Apr 10
1898	Apr 7
1899	Apr 9
1900	Apr 12
1901	Apr 4
1902	Apr 9
1903	Apr 5
1904	Apr 21
1905	Apr 19
1906	Apr 2
1907	Apr 20
1908	Apr 4
1909	Apr 11
1910	Apr 25
1911	Apr 2
1912	Mar 26
1913	Apr 5
1914	Apr 11
1915	Apr 5
1916	Apr 9
1917	Apr 14
1918	Apr 11
1919	Apr 26
1920	Apr 14
1921	Apr 18
1922	Mar 22
1923	Apr 9
1924	Apr 3
1925	Apr 1
1926	Apr 19
1927	Apr 23
1928	Apr 16
1929	Apr 2
1930	Mar 31
1931	Apr 27
1932	Apr 27
1933	Apr 12
1934	Mar 29
1935	Apr 16
1936	Apr 19
1937	Apr 12
1938	Apr 10
1939	Apr 13
1940	Apr 14
1941	Mar 30
1942	Apr 12
1943	Apr 15
1944	Apr 6
1945	Mar 11
1946	Apr 27
1947	Apr 17
1948	Mar 28
1949	Apr 19
1950	Apr 21
1951	Apr 23
1952	Apr 7
1953	Apr 21
1954	May 4
1955	Apr 8
1956	Apr 19
1957	Apr 14
1958	Apr 8
1959	Apr 14
1960	Apr 10
1961	Apr 16
1962	Apr 16
1963	May 1
1964	Apr 10
1965	Mar 28
1966	Apr 11
1967	Mar 22
1968	Mar 26
1969	Apr 1
1970	Apr 3
1971	Apr 8
1972	Apr 10
1973	Apr 13
1974	Apr 10
1975	Apr 13
1976	May 4
1977	Mar 24
1978	Mar 29
1979	Apr 7
1980	Apr 5
1981	Mar 23
1982	Apr 11
1983	Apr 26
1984	Apr 2
1989	Apr 13
1990	Apr 15
1991	Apr 1
1993	Apr 23
1994	Apr 8
2000	Apr 10
2002	Apr 6
2003	Mar 31
2004	Apr 15
2005	Mar 20
2006	Mar 27
2007	Apr 11
2008	Apr 16
2009	Apr 9
2015	Apr 4
2017	Mar 19
2018	Apr 17
2019	Apr 1
2020	Apr 15
2021	Apr 21
2022	Apr 1
2023	Apr 24
2024	Apr 6
2025	Apr 8
2026	Apr 5

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1897	215
1898	202
1899	173
1900	207
1901	196
1902	188
1903	196
1904	182
1905	175
1906	191
1907	175
1909	183
1910	185
1911	203
1912	211
1913	197
1914	198
1915	186
1916	193
1917	177
1918	204
1919	192
1920	170
1921	177
1923	193
1924	180
1925	192
1926	196
1927	178
1928	160
1929	204
1930	213
1931	191
1932	183
1933	196
1934	212
1935	173
1936	191
1937	185
1938	193
1939	185
1940	186
1941	212
1942	196
1943	184
1944	204
1945	229
1946	168
1947	204
1948	203
1949	195
1950	197
1951	168
1952	182
1953	191
1954	178
1955	199
1956	203
1957	195
1958	208
1959	205
1960	193
1961	181
1962	190
1963	181
1964	182
1965	210
1966	199
1967	202
1968	212
1969	205
1970	216
1971	209
1972	192
1973	206
1974	193
1975	213
1976	165
1977	202
1978	199
1979	189
1980	182
1981	193
1982	188
1983	148
1984	182
1989	188
1990	193
1991	188
1993	187
1994	201
2002	209
2003	227
2004	223
2005	219
2006	199
2007	209
2008	194
2015	223
2017	235
2018	186
2019	212
2020	200
2021	195
2022	199
2023	189
2024	233
2025	214

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1897	21.8 °C
1898	22.6 °C
1899	22.4 °C
1900	21.9 °C
1901	21.6 °C
1902	21.8 °C
1903	21.1 °C
1904	20.7 °C
1905	21.7 °C
1906	22.1 °C
1907	19.7 °C
1909	22.1 °C
1910	21.7 °C
1911	23.0 °C
1912	22.1 °C
1913	22.8 °C
1914	22.2 °C
1915	21.5 °C
1916	21.6 °C
1917	20.2 °C
1918	21.7 °C
1919	22.6 °C
1920	21.6 °C
1921	23.4 °C
1922	22.6 °C
1923	22.0 °C
1924	21.2 °C
1925	23.4 °C
1926	22.5 °C
1927	22.0 °C
1928	20.8 °C
1929	21.7 °C
1930	23.3 °C
1931	22.8 °C
1932	22.5 °C
1933	22.8 °C
1934	22.5 °C
1935	21.6 °C
1936	23.1 °C
1937	21.9 °C
1938	22.0 °C
1939	22.2 °C
1940	20.8 °C
1941	22.6 °C
1942	21.9 °C
1943	21.9 °C
1944	22.6 °C
1945	20.8 °C
1946	20.6 °C
1947	20.8 °C
1948	20.9 °C
1949	20.9 °C
1950	20.2 °C
1951	21.3 °C
1952	22.5 °C
1953	23.0 °C
1954	22.5 °C
1955	22.5 °C
1956	21.5 °C
1957	21.7 °C
1958	21.2 °C
1959	22.0 °C
1960	21.7 °C
1961	20.2 °C
1962	21.5 °C
1963	21.8 °C
1964	22.2 °C
1965	22.3 °C
1966	20.9 °C
1967	20.1 °C
1968	21.0 °C
1969	21.9 °C
1970	22.1 °C
1971	21.2 °C
1972	21.5 °C
1973	21.6 °C
1974	20.7 °C
1975	20.9 °C
1976	20.0 °C
1977	22.9 °C
1978	22.1 °C
1979	20.6 °C
1980	21.7 °C
1981	20.7 °C
1982	20.2 °C
1983	20.5 °C
1984	20.5 °C
1988	21.6 °C
1989	20.1 °C
1990	20.4 °C
1991	22.1 °C
1993	20.6 °C
1994	20.4 °C
2000	21.3 °C
2002	22.7 °C
2004	21.4 °C
2005	22.6 °C
2006	22.0 °C
2007	23.2 °C
2008	21.6 °C
2009	21.2 °C
2015	22.1 °C
2017	21.9 °C
2018	22.5 °C
2019	22.8 °C
2020	21.3 °C
2021	21.0 °C
2022	21.6 °C
2023	21.0 °C
2024	22.4 °C
2025	22.3 °C

What this means for you: Since 1897, Hopkinsville's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. The frost-free season has grown by about 1 days per decade. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Hopkinsville (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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