Utica, KS 67584 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Utica, KS, ZIP 67584
Around 04/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 244 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 167 frost-free days later.
Utica sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Utica 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 Utica's last frost
04/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Utica compares
Utica's growing season runs about 167 days, ranking 30,237 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 696 of 745.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Utica can differ from the 67584 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Utica's frost date answer different questions.