Elk City, KS 67344 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elk City, KS, ZIP 67344
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 199 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 Elk City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Elk City has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Elk City compares
Elk City's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,214 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 165 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Elk City can differ from the 67344 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Elk City's frost date answer different questions.