Benton, KY 42025 Frost Dates
Benton, KY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Benton in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Benton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Benton's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Benton against the rest of the dataset
About 192 days separate Benton's last and first frost, putting it 20,293 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 446 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42025's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Benton can differ from the 42025 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Benton's frost date answer different questions.