Strong City, KS 66869 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Strong City, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 188 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 Strong City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Strong City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Strong City'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. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Strong City compares
Strong City's growing season runs about 188 days, ranking 22,175 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 361 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Strong City's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Strong City can differ from the 66869 normal.