Manchester, KY 40962 Frost Dates
Manchester, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/16, roughly 170 days after the last spring frost.
Manchester 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Manchester's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/29 isn't a guarantee
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Manchester against the rest of the dataset
Manchester's growing season runs about 170 days, ranking 29,083 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 871 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40962's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Manchester's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Manchester's dates instead of trusting one.