Melbourne, KY 41059 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Melbourne, KY, ZIP 41059
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Melbourne in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Melbourne has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Melbourne's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 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 Melbourne compares
About 190 days separate Melbourne's last and first frost, putting it 21,276 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KY, it ranks 551 of 909.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Melbourne's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Melbourne's dates instead of trusting one.