Eminence, KY 40019 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eminence, KY, ZIP 40019
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 161 frost-free days later.
Eminence sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Eminence has about 6 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eminence compares
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Eminence places 32,051 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 905 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Eminence's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Eminence's dates instead of trusting one.