Everest, KS 66424 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Everest, KS, ZIP 66424
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 180 frost-free days later.
Everest sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 6a around Everest has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Everest compares
Everest's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 25,053 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 529 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Everest's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Everest's dates instead of trusting one.