Abilene, KS 67410 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Abilene, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 190 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Abilene, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Abilene before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Abilene's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Abilene compares
About 190 days separate Abilene's last and first frost, putting it 21,135 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 283 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Abilene's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Abilene's dates instead of trusting one.