Prairie Village, KS 64131 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Prairie Village, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 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 Prairie Village, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Prairie Village 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
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Prairie Village compares
About 211 days separate Prairie Village's last and first frost, putting it 14,728 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 2 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Prairie Village's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Prairie Village's dates instead of trusting one.