Goddard, KS 67278 Frost Dates
67278, near Goddard, KS: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 200 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goddard 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
Goddard's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Goddard against the rest of the dataset
Goddard's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,769 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 127 of 745.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 67278: local microclimates, on what one yard in Goddard can differ from the 67278 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Goddard's frost date answer different questions.