Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cottonwood Falls, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 180 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 Cottonwood Falls, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Cottonwood Falls before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cottonwood Falls compares
About 180 days separate Cottonwood Falls's last and first frost, putting it 24,976 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 523 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Cottonwood Falls's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Cottonwood Falls's dates instead of trusting one.