Tampa, KS 67483 Frost Dates
Tampa, KS: when does the frost end?
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 202 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tampa in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Tampa's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Tampa against the rest of the dataset
Tampa's growing season runs about 202 days, ranking 17,385 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 102 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67483's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Tampa's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Tampa can differ from the 67483 normal.