Lakin, KS 67860 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lakin, KS?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/18, about 233 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 187 frost-free days later.
Lakin 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 8 weeks of growing season left in Lakin before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lakin's last frost
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lakin compares
About 187 days separate Lakin's last and first frost, putting it 22,421 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 372 of 745.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Lakin's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Lakin can differ from the 67860 normal.