Cunningham, KS 67035 Frost Dates
Cunningham, KS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cunningham in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Cunningham's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 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.
Cunningham against the rest of the dataset
About 183 days separate Cunningham's last and first frost, putting it 23,999 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 454 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67035's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Cunningham's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Cunningham can differ from the 67035 normal.