Bentley, KS 67016 Frost Dates
Bentley, KS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 193 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bentley in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Bentley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Bentley's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bentley against the rest of the dataset
About 193 days separate Bentley's last and first frost, putting it 20,039 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 246 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67016's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bentley's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Bentley's dates instead of trusting one.