Lakeside Park, KY 41017 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lakeside Park, KY?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 188 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 Lakeside Park, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Lakeside Park before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 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. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lakeside Park compares
Lakeside Park's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,054 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 623 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Lakeside Park's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lakeside Park's dates instead of trusting one.