Mount Hope, KS 67108 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mount Hope, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 200 frost-free days later.
Mount Hope 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Mount Hope before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 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 Mount Hope compares
At roughly 200 frost-free days, Mount Hope places 17,863 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 134 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Mount Hope can differ from the 67108 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Mount Hope's frost date answer different questions.