Bronson, KS 66716 Frost Dates
Bronson, KS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 200 days after the last spring frost.
Bronson 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Bronson's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bronson against the rest of the dataset
About 200 days separate Bronson's last and first frost, putting it 17,896 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 140 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 66716's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Bronson's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Bronson can differ from the 66716 normal.