Wichita, KS 67213 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wichita, KS, ZIP 67213
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 199 frost-free days later.
Wichita 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
Zone 7a around Wichita 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.
The actual range around Wichita's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wichita compares
About 199 days separate Wichita's last and first frost, putting it 17,970 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 146 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wichita can differ from the 67213 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Wichita's frost date answer different questions.