Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 40502 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY, ZIP 40502
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 196 frost-free days later.
Lexington-Fayette urban county sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Lexington-Fayette urban county 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.
Why 04/13 isn't a guarantee
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lexington-Fayette urban county compares
About 196 days separate Lexington-Fayette urban county's last and first frost, putting it 18,863 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 343 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Lexington-Fayette urban county's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lexington-Fayette urban county's dates instead of trusting one.