Macksville, KS 67557 Frost Dates
Macksville, KS: when does the frost end?
Around 04/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 231 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 190 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Macksville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Macksville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/03 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Macksville against the rest of the dataset
About 190 days separate Macksville's last and first frost, putting it 21,279 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 292 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67557's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Macksville's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Macksville's dates instead of trusting one.