Middletown, KY 40245 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Middletown, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 193 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Middletown in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Middletown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Middletown's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Middletown compares
About 193 days separate Middletown's last and first frost, putting it 19,777 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 407 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Middletown can differ from the 40245 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Middletown's frost date answer different questions.