Auburn, KS 66610 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Auburn, KS, ZIP 66610
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 185 frost-free days later.
Auburn 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
Zone 6b around Auburn has about 8 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 Auburn's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Auburn compares
Auburn's growing season runs about 185 days, ranking 23,228 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 417 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Auburn can differ from the 66610 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Auburn's frost date answer different questions.