Montezuma, KS 67867 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Montezuma, KS?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 177 frost-free days later.
Montezuma sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Montezuma 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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Montezuma compares
At roughly 177 frost-free days, Montezuma places 26,192 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within KS, it ranks 580 of 745.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Montezuma's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Montezuma's dates instead of trusting one.