Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 40509 Frost Dates
Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 196 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Lexington-Fayette urban county, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Lexington-Fayette urban county's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Lexington-Fayette urban county's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lexington-Fayette urban county against the rest of the dataset
Lexington-Fayette urban county's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 18,869 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 349 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40509's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lexington-Fayette urban county's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lexington-Fayette urban county can differ from the 40509 normal.