Independence, KS 67301 Frost Dates
67301, near Independence, KS: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/06, roughly 221 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
Independence 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Independence'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.
Why 04/06 isn't a guarantee
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Independence against the rest of the dataset
About 204 days separate Independence's last and first frost, putting it 16,550 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 48 of 745.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 67301: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Independence's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Independence's dates instead of trusting one.