Mulvane, KS 67110 Frost Dates
Mulvane, KS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 189 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mulvane in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Mulvane's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Mulvane's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mulvane against the rest of the dataset
About 189 days separate Mulvane's last and first frost, putting it 21,500 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 330 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67110's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Mulvane's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Mulvane's dates instead of trusting one.