Beloit, KS 67420 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Beloit, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 181 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 Beloit, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Beloit before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Beloit's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Beloit compares
About 181 days separate Beloit's last and first frost, putting it 24,535 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 487 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Beloit can differ from the 67420 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Beloit's frost date answer different questions.