Crittenden, KY 41092 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Crittenden, KY, ZIP 41092
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 179 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 Crittenden, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Crittenden has about 8 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.
The actual range around Crittenden's last frost
04/23 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. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Crittenden compares
About 179 days separate Crittenden's last and first frost, putting it 25,295 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 797 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 41092 normal.