Stark, KS 66775 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Stark, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 203 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Stark, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Stark before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Stark's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stark compares
Stark's growing season runs about 203 days, ranking 17,067 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 68 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Stark can differ from the 66775 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Stark's frost date answer different questions.