Campbellsville, KY 42753 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Campbellsville, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Campbellsville, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Campbellsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Campbellsville's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Campbellsville compares
Campbellsville's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,218 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 432 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Campbellsville's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Campbellsville's dates instead of trusting one.