Paola, KS 66036 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paola, KS, ZIP 66036
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paola 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 Paola has about 9 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.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paola compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Paola places 16,567 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 50 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Paola's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Paola's dates instead of trusting one.