Lehigh, KS 67073 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lehigh, KS, ZIP 67073
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 202 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lehigh in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Lehigh has about 9 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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lehigh compares
At roughly 202 frost-free days, Lehigh places 17,378 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 101 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Lehigh's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lehigh's dates instead of trusting one.