Pleasureville, KY 40003 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pleasureville, KY, ZIP 40003
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pleasureville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Pleasureville has about 8 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.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
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. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pleasureville compares
Pleasureville's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,494 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 463 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Pleasureville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pleasureville's dates instead of trusting one.