Arcadia, KS 66711 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Arcadia, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/05, roughly 220 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Arcadia in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 9 weeks of growing season left in Arcadia before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Arcadia's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arcadia compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Arcadia places 16,769 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 54 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Arcadia's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Arcadia can differ from the 66711 normal.