Copeland, KS 67837 Frost Dates
Copeland, KS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 177 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Copeland in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 8 weeks until Copeland'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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/10 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Copeland against the rest of the dataset
About 177 days separate Copeland's last and first frost, putting it 26,263 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 583 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67837's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Copeland's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Copeland's dates instead of trusting one.