Long Island, KS 67647 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Long Island, KS, ZIP 67647
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/26, roughly 241 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/16, about 172 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Long Island in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Long Island 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 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 Long Island compares
At roughly 172 frost-free days, Long Island places 28,534 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 643 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Long Island's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Long Island's dates instead of trusting one.