Fulton, KY 42041 Frost Dates
Fulton, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Fulton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Fulton'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
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fulton against the rest of the dataset
Fulton's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,624 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 216 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 42041's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Fulton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Fulton's dates instead of trusting one.