Coolidge, KS 67836 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Coolidge, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/01, roughly 246 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 163 frost-free days later.
Coolidge 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
About 6 weeks of growing season left in Coolidge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Coolidge's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coolidge compares
At roughly 163 frost-free days, Coolidge places 31,553 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 718 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Coolidge's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Coolidge can differ from the 67836 normal.