Holcomb, KS 67851 Frost Dates
Holcomb, KS: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holcomb 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 8 weeks until Holcomb'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
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Holcomb against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Holcomb places 22,405 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 371 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67851's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Holcomb's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Holcomb's dates instead of trusting one.