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Easton, KS 66020 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Easton, KS, ZIP 66020

Zone 6b

Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 181 frost-free days later.

Easton sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 6b around Easton has about 7 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 Easton's last frost

04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Easton compares

About 181 days separate Easton's last and first frost, putting it 24,729 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 495 of 745.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Easton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Easton can differ from the 66020 normal.