Dearing, KS 67340 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dearing, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Dearing, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Dearing before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dearing's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dearing compares
Dearing's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,740 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 52 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Dearing's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Dearing can differ from the 67340 normal.