Whitewater, KS 67154 Frost Dates
Whitewater, KS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 193 days after the last spring frost.
Whitewater sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Whitewater'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 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Whitewater against the rest of the dataset
Whitewater's growing season runs about 193 days, ranking 20,028 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 244 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67154's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Whitewater's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Whitewater's dates instead of trusting one.