Westwood, KS 66105 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Westwood, KS, ZIP 66105
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 frost-free days later.
Westwood sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Westwood 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.
The actual range around Westwood's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Westwood compares
Westwood's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,790 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 12 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Westwood's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Westwood can differ from the 66105 normal.