Stamping Ground, KY 40379 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stamping Ground, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Stamping Ground, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Stamping Ground before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stamping Ground compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Stamping Ground places 20,488 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 462 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Stamping Ground's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Stamping Ground's dates instead of trusting one.