Ellis, KS 67637 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ellis, KS, ZIP 67637
Around 04/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 240 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 174 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ellis 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
Zone 6b around Ellis 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 Ellis's last frost
04/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/12 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 Ellis compares
Ellis's growing season runs about 174 days, ranking 27,509 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KS, it ranks 614 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Ellis's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ellis can differ from the 67637 normal.