Stockton, KS 67669 Frost Dates
Stockton, KS: when does the frost end?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/12, roughly 165 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Stockton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Stockton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/13 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stockton against the rest of the dataset
About 165 days separate Stockton's last and first frost, putting it 30,627 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 704 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67669's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Stockton can differ from the 67669 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Stockton's frost date answer different questions.