Minneapolis, KS 67467 Frost Dates
Minneapolis, KS: when does the frost end?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/19, roughly 181 days after the last spring frost.
Minneapolis 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Minneapolis's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/06 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Minneapolis against the rest of the dataset
About 181 days separate Minneapolis's last and first frost, putting it 24,598 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 488 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67467's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Minneapolis's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Minneapolis can differ from the 67467 normal.