Neosho Rapids, KS 66864 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Neosho Rapids, KS?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 193 frost-free days later.
Neosho Rapids 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Neosho Rapids before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Neosho Rapids's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Neosho Rapids compares
About 193 days separate Neosho Rapids's last and first frost, putting it 20,073 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 251 of 745.
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