Moran, KS 66755 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Moran, KS, ZIP 66755
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 200 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Moran, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Moran 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 Moran's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Moran compares
About 200 days separate Moran's last and first frost, putting it 17,880 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 137 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Moran's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Moran can differ from the 66755 normal.