New Cambria, KS 67470 Frost Dates
When can you plant in New Cambria, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 187 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 New Cambria, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in New Cambria before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around New Cambria's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 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 New Cambria compares
About 187 days separate New Cambria's last and first frost, putting it 22,634 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 377 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and New Cambria's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around New Cambria's dates instead of trusting one.