Ludlow, KY 41016 Frost Dates
Ludlow, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ludlow 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 Ludlow'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
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/02 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ludlow against the rest of the dataset
About 190 days separate Ludlow's last and first frost, putting it 21,157 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 543 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 41016's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Ludlow's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Ludlow's dates instead of trusting one.