Leoti, KS 67861 Frost Dates
67861, near Leoti, KS: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/04, about 249 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/11, roughly 158 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Leoti 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
Leoti's growing season runs out in roughly 6 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
05/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Leoti against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 158 frost-free days, Leoti places 33,035 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 736 of 745.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 67861: local microclimates, on what one yard in Leoti can differ from the 67861 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 6a and Leoti's frost date answer different questions.