Gridley, KS 66852 Frost Dates
Gridley, KS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
Gridley sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Gridley'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
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Gridley against the rest of the dataset
Gridley's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,207 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 164 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 66852's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gridley can differ from the 66852 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Gridley's frost date answer different questions.