Meriden, KS 66617 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Meriden, KS?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 191 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Meriden in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Meriden before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Meriden's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Meriden compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Meriden places 20,857 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 274 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Meriden's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Meriden can differ from the 66617 normal.