Salina, KS 67402 Frost Dates
67402, near Salina, KS: the frost window
Around 04/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 233 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Salina in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Salina'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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Salina against the rest of the dataset
Salina's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,286 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 368 of 745.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 67402: local microclimates, on what one yard in Salina can differ from the 67402 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6b and Salina's frost date answer different questions.