Axtell, KS 66403 Frost Dates
Axtell, KS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/13, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Axtell in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Axtell's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Axtell's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Axtell against the rest of the dataset
About 173 days separate Axtell's last and first frost, putting it 28,060 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 618 of 745.
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Before leaning on 66403's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Axtell can differ from the 66403 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Axtell's frost date answer different questions.