Minneola, KS 67865 Frost Dates
Minneola, KS: when does the frost end?
Around 04/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 235 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/22, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Minneola in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Minneola'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
04/20 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 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Minneola against the rest of the dataset
About 183 days separate Minneola's last and first frost, putting it 23,941 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within KS, it ranks 446 of 745.
Learn more
Before leaning on 67865's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Minneola's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Minneola's dates instead of trusting one.