Oakley, KS 67748 Frost Dates
Oakley, KS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/06, about 251 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/09, roughly 156 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oakley in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Oakley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 05/06 isn't a guarantee
05/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Oakley against the rest of the dataset
About 156 days separate Oakley's last and first frost, putting it 33,665 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 740 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67748's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Oakley's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Oakley's dates instead of trusting one.