Clyde, KS 66938 Frost Dates
Clyde, KS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
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 Clyde, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Clyde's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/18 isn't a guarantee
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Clyde against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Clyde places 23,944 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 448 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 66938's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Clyde can differ from the 66938 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Clyde's frost date answer different questions.