Great Bend, KS 67530 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Great Bend, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/24, roughly 239 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/15, about 172 frost-free days later.
Great Bend sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Great Bend before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
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 Great Bend compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Great Bend places 28,211 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 631 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Great Bend can differ from the 67530 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Great Bend's frost date answer different questions.