Johnson City, KS 67855 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Johnson City, KS?
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 186 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Johnson City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Johnson City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Johnson City compares
At roughly 186 frost-free days, Johnson City places 22,870 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 384 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Johnson City's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Johnson City can differ from the 67855 normal.