Crittenden, KY 41030 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Crittenden, KY, ZIP 41030
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 199 frost-free days later.
Crittenden 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 Crittenden has about 9 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
04/11 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. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Crittenden compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Crittenden places 18,107 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 281 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Crittenden's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Crittenden can differ from the 41030 normal.