Walton, KY 41063 Frost Dates
Walton, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
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 Walton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Walton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Walton against the rest of the dataset
Walton's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,090 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 280 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41063's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Walton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Walton can differ from the 41063 normal.