Neosho Falls, KS 66761 Frost Dates
Neosho Falls, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Neosho Falls in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks until Neosho Falls'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
04/08 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.
Neosho Falls against the rest of the dataset
About 200 days separate Neosho Falls's last and first frost, putting it 17,917 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 142 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 66761's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Neosho Falls's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Neosho Falls can differ from the 66761 normal.