Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 40524 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY, ZIP 40524
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. 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
At roughly 196 frost-free days, Lexington-Fayette urban county places 18,877 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 357 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lexington-Fayette urban county can differ from the 40524 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Lexington-Fayette urban county's frost date answer different questions.