Kenton, DE 19955 Frost Dates
Kenton, DE: when does the frost end?
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 214 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kenton in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Kenton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Kenton's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kenton against the rest of the dataset
Kenton's growing season runs about 214 days, ranking 14,374 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within DE, it ranks 26 of 96.
Learn more
Before leaning on 19955's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Kenton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Kenton's dates instead of trusting one.