Emporia, KS 66801 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Emporia, KS, ZIP 66801
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Emporia in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Emporia 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 Emporia's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Emporia compares
Emporia's growing season runs about 190 days, ranking 21,054 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 282 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Emporia's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Emporia's dates instead of trusting one.