Parker, KS 66072 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Parker, KS?
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Parker 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Parker before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Parker's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 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 Parker compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Parker places 20,570 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 264 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Parker's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Parker's dates instead of trusting one.