Dighton, KS 67850 Frost Dates
Dighton, KS: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/30, about 245 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/15, roughly 167 days after the last spring frost.
Dighton 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 7 weeks until Dighton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/30 isn't a guarantee
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 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.
Dighton against the rest of the dataset
About 167 days separate Dighton's last and first frost, putting it 30,097 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 692 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67850's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Dighton can differ from the 67850 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Dighton's frost date answer different questions.