Bazine, KS 67516 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bazine, KS, ZIP 67516
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/29, roughly 244 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 166 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 Bazine, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Bazine 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
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bazine compares
Bazine's growing season runs about 166 days, ranking 30,449 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 700 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bazine can differ from the 67516 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Bazine's frost date answer different questions.