Kansas City, KS 66119 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kansas City, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 188 frost-free days later.
Kansas City 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Kansas City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kansas City's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kansas City compares
Kansas City's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 21,791 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 347 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Kansas City's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Kansas City's dates instead of trusting one.