Frankfort, KY 40601 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Frankfort, KY, ZIP 40601
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Frankfort 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 Frankfort has about 8 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.
The actual range around Frankfort's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Frankfort compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Frankfort places 20,169 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 421 of 909.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Frankfort can differ from the 40601 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Frankfort's frost date answer different questions.