Hepler, KS 66746 Frost Dates
Hepler, KS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 209 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hepler in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Hepler's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hepler against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 209 frost-free days, Hepler places 15,445 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 24 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 66746's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Hepler's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hepler's dates instead of trusting one.