Otis, KS 67565 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Otis, KS, ZIP 67565
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.
Otis 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 Otis 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.
The actual range around Otis'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 Otis compares
About 172 days separate Otis's last and first frost, putting it 28,505 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 639 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Otis can differ from the 67565 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Otis's frost date answer different questions.