Spivey, KS 67142 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Spivey, KS, ZIP 67142
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 201 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Spivey, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Spivey has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 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 Spivey compares
About 201 days separate Spivey's last and first frost, putting it 17,698 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 113 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Spivey's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Spivey's dates instead of trusting one.