Glen Elder, KS 67446 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Glen Elder, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 168 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 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 Glen Elder, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Glen Elder before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Glen Elder's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Glen Elder compares
About 168 days separate Glen Elder's last and first frost, putting it 29,777 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 687 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Glen Elder's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Glen Elder can differ from the 67446 normal.