Chautauqua, KS 67334 Frost Dates
67334, near Chautauqua, KS: the frost window
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Chautauqua 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
Chautauqua'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 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 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 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Chautauqua against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Chautauqua places 18,237 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 170 of 745.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 67334: local microclimates, on what one yard in Chautauqua can differ from the 67334 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Chautauqua's frost date answer different questions.