Lawrenceburg, KY 40076 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lawrenceburg, KY, ZIP 40076
Around 05/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 246 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/10, about 161 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lawrenceburg 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 Lawrenceburg 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.
Why 05/01 isn't a guarantee
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 Lawrenceburg compares
At roughly 161 frost-free days, Lawrenceburg places 32,000 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 902 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Lawrenceburg's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lawrenceburg's dates instead of trusting one.