Rose Hill, KS 67133 Frost Dates
Rose Hill, 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 Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill'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
04/14 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.
Rose Hill against the rest of the dataset
Rose Hill's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,559 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 331 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67133's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Rose Hill can differ from the 67133 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Rose Hill's frost date answer different questions.