Clinton, KY 42031 Frost Dates
Clinton, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Clinton sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Clinton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Clinton's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clinton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Clinton places 16,671 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 218 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42031's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Clinton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Clinton's dates instead of trusting one.