Elkton, KY 42265 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elkton, KY, ZIP 42265
Around 04/03 is the usual last spring frost, about 218 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 207 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Elkton in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Elkton 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 Elkton's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elkton compares
At roughly 207 frost-free days, Elkton places 15,834 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 169 of 909.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Elkton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Elkton can differ from the 42265 normal.