Oskaloosa, KS 66066 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oskaloosa, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 188 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 Oskaloosa, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Oskaloosa 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
04/16 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. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oskaloosa compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Oskaloosa places 22,114 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 357 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Oskaloosa can differ from the 66066 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Oskaloosa's frost date answer different questions.