Franklin, KY 42135 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Franklin, KY, ZIP 42135
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 210 frost-free days later.
Franklin 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Franklin has about 9 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 Franklin's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Franklin compares
About 210 days separate Franklin's last and first frost, putting it 14,991 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 135 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Franklin's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Franklin can differ from the 42135 normal.