Leonardville, KS 66449 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Leonardville, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 181 frost-free days later.
Leonardville 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Leonardville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 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 Leonardville compares
At roughly 181 frost-free days, Leonardville places 24,696 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 491 of 745.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Leonardville can differ from the 66449 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Leonardville's frost date answer different questions.