Frankfort, KY 40622 Frost Dates
Frankfort, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Frankfort's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Frankfort against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Frankfort places 20,177 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KY, it ranks 429 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40622's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Frankfort can differ from the 40622 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Frankfort's frost date answer different questions.