Ness City, KS 67518 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ness City, KS, ZIP 67518
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/14, about 166 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ness City in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Ness City 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.
The actual range around Ness City's last frost
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 Ness City compares
About 166 days separate Ness City's last and first frost, putting it 30,400 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 698 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Ness City can differ from the 67518 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Ness City's frost date answer different questions.