Lincoln Center, KS 67455 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lincoln Center, KS, ZIP 67455
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 170 frost-free days later.
Lincoln Center sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Lincoln Center has about 7 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
04/28 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. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lincoln Center compares
About 170 days separate Lincoln Center's last and first frost, putting it 29,104 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 671 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Lincoln Center's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Lincoln Center's dates instead of trusting one.