Linwood, KS 66052 Frost Dates
Linwood, KS: when does the frost end?
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/17, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Linwood in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Linwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Linwood against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Linwood places 26,237 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 582 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 66052's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Linwood's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Linwood can differ from the 66052 normal.