Valley Falls, KS 66088 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Valley Falls, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 199 frost-free days later.
Valley Falls 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Valley Falls 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
04/10 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. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Valley Falls compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Valley Falls places 18,154 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 155 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Valley Falls's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Valley Falls's dates instead of trusting one.