Medicine Lodge, KS 67104 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Medicine Lodge, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 191 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Medicine Lodge in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Medicine Lodge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Medicine Lodge's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Medicine Lodge compares
Medicine Lodge's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,802 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 271 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Medicine Lodge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Medicine Lodge can differ from the 67104 normal.