Claflin, KS 67525 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Claflin, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/24, about 239 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 172 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 Claflin, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Claflin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Claflin's last frost
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Claflin compares
Claflin's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,440 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 636 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Claflin can differ from the 67525 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Claflin's frost date answer different questions.