Maize, KS 67101 Frost Dates
Maize, KS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 200 days after the last spring frost.
Maize sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Maize's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Maize against the rest of the dataset
About 200 days separate Maize's last and first frost, putting it 17,759 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 118 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67101's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Maize's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Maize's dates instead of trusting one.