Manchester, KY 40941 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Manchester, KY?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Manchester, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Manchester before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Manchester's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Manchester compares
Manchester's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,407 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 461 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Manchester's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Manchester's dates instead of trusting one.