North Middletown, KY 40357 Frost Dates
Frost dates for North Middletown, KY, ZIP 40357
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 175 frost-free days later.
North Middletown sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around North Middletown has about 7 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How North Middletown compares
At roughly 175 frost-free days, North Middletown places 27,153 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 828 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and North Middletown's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around North Middletown's dates instead of trusting one.