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Offerle, KS 67563 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Offerle, KS?

Zone 6b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 180 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Offerle in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Offerle before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Offerle's last frost

04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Offerle compares

Offerle's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 25,092 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 540 of 745.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Offerle's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Offerle can differ from the 67563 normal.