Bedford, KY 40006 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bedford, KY, ZIP 40006
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 201 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bedford 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 Bedford 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 Bedford's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bedford compares
Bedford's growing season runs about 201 days, ranking 17,627 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 259 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Bedford's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bedford's dates instead of trusting one.