Hoisington, KS 67544 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hoisington, KS, ZIP 67544
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.
Hoisington 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
Zone 6b around Hoisington 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
04/24 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 Hoisington compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Hoisington places 28,318 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 633 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hoisington can differ from the 67544 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Hoisington's frost date answer different questions.