Cherryvale, KS 67335 Frost Dates
67335, near Cherryvale, KS: the frost window
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cherryvale 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
Cherryvale's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cherryvale against the rest of the dataset
Cherryvale's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,700 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 201 of 745.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 67335: local microclimates, on what one yard in Cherryvale can differ from the 67335 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Cherryvale's frost date answer different questions.