El Dorado, KS 67042 Frost Dates
Frost dates for El Dorado, KS, ZIP 67042
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 193 frost-free days later.
El Dorado sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around El Dorado has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How El Dorado compares
El Dorado's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 19,766 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 234 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and El Dorado's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around El Dorado's dates instead of trusting one.