Campton, KY 40376 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Campton, 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 192 frost-free days later.
Campton sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Campton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Campton's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Campton compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Campton places 20,556 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 470 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Campton's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Campton's dates instead of trusting one.