Athol, KS 66932 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Athol, KS, ZIP 66932
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 173 frost-free days later.
Athol sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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
Zone 6a around Athol has about 7 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 Athol's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Athol compares
Athol's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 28,120 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 629 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Athol's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Athol's dates instead of trusting one.