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Kansas frost dates by weather station

Kansas has 176 NOAA weather stations with 1991–2020 freeze statistics. Median last spring frost dates run from Apr 4 at Girard to May 9 at Brewster 4w.

176Stations
Apr 4Earliest last frostGirard
May 9Latest last frostBrewster 4w
209 daysLongest growing seasonGirard

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Kansas stations: median (50%) frost dates at 32°F
Station	Last spring frost	First fall frost	Growing season	Elevation
Abilene	Apr 14	Oct 23	190 days	1,187 ft
Alton 1 W	Apr 29	Oct 12	164 days	1,685 ft
Anthony	Apr 9	Oct 30	205 days	1,340 ft
Ashland	Apr 21	Oct 17	178 days	1,970 ft
Atchison	Apr 11	Oct 29	199 days	945 ft
Atwood	May 2	Oct 8	157 days	2,893 ft
Baileyville	Apr 22	Oct 13	173 days	1,296 ft
Belleville	Apr 22	Oct 17	175 days	1,530 ft
Beloit	Apr 19	Oct 19	181 days	1,391 ft
Big Hill Lake	Apr 5	Oct 31	208 days	907 ft
Bison 3nw	Apr 30	Oct 10	162 days	2,040 ft
Bonner Springs	Apr 16	Oct 22	188 days	850 ft
Brewster 4w	May 9	Oct 4	145 days	3,440 ft
Brownell 3nw	Apr 29	Oct 13	167 days	2,435 ft
Burr Oak 1n	Apr 30	Oct 8	159 days	1,651 ft
Cassoday 2se	Apr 18	Oct 22	186 days	1,520 ft
Cedar Bluff Dam	Apr 25	Oct 17	174 days	2,135 ft
Centralia	Apr 19	Oct 19	182 days	1,320 ft
Chanute 4e	Apr 8	Oct 29	203 days	992 ft
Chanute Martin Johnson Airport	Apr 10	Oct 28	199 days	985 ft
Chapman	Apr 17	Oct 20	184 days	1,111 ft
Cimarron	Apr 20	Oct 20	182 days	2,703 ft
Clay Center	Apr 19	Oct 19	181 days	1,201 ft
Clinton Lake	Apr 15	Oct 22	189 days	980 ft
Coffeyville Muni Airport	Apr 6	Oct 29	204 days	752 ft
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	Apr 6	Nov 1	208 days	737 ft
Colby 1sw	May 2	Oct 9	156 days	3,170 ft
Coldwater	Apr 13	Oct 27	197 days	2,115 ft
Columbus	Apr 5	Oct 31	208 days	893 ft
Concordia 1 W	Apr 21	Oct 19	177 days	1,481 ft
Concordia Muni Airport	Apr 18	Oct 19	183 days	1,469 ft
Cottonwood Falls	Apr 19	Oct 18	180 days	1,232 ft
Council Grove Lake	Apr 11	Oct 25	194 days	1,315 ft
Courtland	Apr 17	Oct 21	187 days	1,500 ft
Dodge City	Apr 21	Oct 20	179 days	2,590 ft
El Dorado	Apr 13	Oct 25	193 days	1,290 ft
Elkhart	Apr 19	Oct 23	186 days	3,599 ft
Ellsworth	Apr 23	Oct 16	175 days	1,568 ft
Emporia 3 NW	Apr 15	Oct 23	190 days	1,238 ft
Emporia Muni Airport	Apr 12	Oct 23	193 days	1,209 ft
Eskridge	Apr 16	Oct 23	189 days	1,411 ft
Eureka 1e	Apr 16	Oct 20	186 days	1,100 ft
Florence	Apr 22	Oct 17	176 days	1,290 ft
Fort Scott	Apr 5	Oct 28	204 days	884 ft
Frankfort 6ne	Apr 20	Oct 18	180 days	1,264 ft
Fredonia	Apr 12	Oct 26	197 days	893 ft
Garden City Exp. Station	Apr 28	Oct 17	171 days	2,890 ft
Garden City Regional Airport	Apr 27	Oct 15	170 days	2,882 ft
Garnett 1 E	Apr 17	Oct 22	189 days	998 ft
Girard	Apr 4	Nov 1	209 days	990 ft
Glen Elder Lake	Apr 29	Oct 15	168 days	1,500 ft
Goodland	May 2	Oct 11	158 days	3,651 ft
Great Bend 3w	Apr 24	Oct 15	172 days	1,872 ft
Greensburg	Apr 21	Oct 22	183 days	2,243 ft
Hays	Apr 19	Oct 22	184 days	1,990 ft
Hays 1 S	Apr 25	Oct 15	171 days	2,010 ft
Haysville 3se	Apr 14	Oct 22	189 days	1,240 ft
Healy	Apr 28	Oct 15	169 days	2,850 ft
Herington	Apr 24	Oct 14	173 days	1,338 ft
Hiawatha 1 S	Apr 14	Oct 22	188 days	1,061 ft
Hill City 1e	Apr 29	Oct 13	166 days	2,132 ft
Hill City Muni Airport	Apr 27	Oct 14	169 days	2,188 ft
Hillsdale Lake	Apr 9	Oct 31	204 days	1,010 ft
Holton	Apr 24	Oct 14	172 days	1,050 ft
Horton	Apr 18	Oct 17	180 days	1,032 ft
Howard	Apr 17	Oct 22	186 days	1,010 ft
Hoxie	Apr 20	Oct 20	180 days	2,713 ft
Hudson	Apr 18	Oct 21	185 days	1,867 ft
Hugoton	Apr 20	Oct 22	183 days	3,110 ft
Humboldt	Apr 11	Oct 27	195 days	940 ft
Hutchinson	Apr 18	Oct 21	186 days	1,540 ft
Hutchinson 10 SW	Apr 20	Oct 19	181 days	1,549 ft
Hutchinson Muni Airport	Apr 21	Oct 18	180 days	1,543 ft
Independence	Apr 5	Oct 31	208 days	805 ft
Iola 1 W	Apr 8	Oct 26	200 days	954 ft
Jetmore 8nnw	Apr 25	Oct 18	175 days	2,430 ft
John Redmond Lake	Apr 11	Oct 26	199 days	1,092 ft
Johnson	Apr 19	Oct 23	186 days	3,330 ft
Kanopolis Lake	Apr 19	Oct 23	184 days	1,492 ft
Kingman	Apr 15	Oct 21	187 days	1,547 ft
Kinsley 2e	Apr 20	Oct 20	180 days	2,159 ft
Kiowa	Apr 8	Oct 31	204 days	1,325 ft
Kirwin Dam	Apr 30	Oct 7	159 days	1,697 ft
Lakin	Apr 18	Oct 23	187 days	2,998 ft
Larned	Apr 16	Oct 27	190 days	1,995 ft
Larned #2	Apr 22	Oct 22	182 days	2,030 ft
Lawrence	Apr 12	Oct 28	199 days	1,050 ft
Lawrence Muni Airport	Apr 21	Oct 17	177 days	832 ft
Leavenworth	Apr 12	Oct 27	196 days	870 ft
Leavenworth 3sw	Apr 19	Oct 19	181 days	871 ft
Leoti	May 2	Oct 12	161 days	3,309 ft
Liberal	Apr 20	Oct 24	186 days	2,834 ft
Lincoln 1 SE	Apr 28	Oct 15	170 days	1,401 ft
Lovewell Dam	Apr 20	Oct 19	181 days	1,602 ft
Manhattan	Apr 16	Oct 19	185 days	1,060 ft
Manhattan 6 SSW	Apr 19	Oct 17	179 days	1,137 ft
Manhattan Muni Airport	Apr 21	Oct 16	177 days	1,057 ft
Mankato	Apr 30	Oct 14	165 days	1,750 ft
Marion Rsvr	Apr 8	Oct 30	202 days	1,369 ft
Marysville	Apr 25	Oct 13	171 days	1,178 ft
Mc Donald	May 4	Oct 12	160 days	3,364 ft
McPherson	Apr 18	Oct 24	187 days	1,520 ft
Meade	Apr 20	Oct 22	183 days	2,504 ft
Medicine Lodge	Apr 13	Oct 23	191 days	1,535 ft
Melvern Lake	Apr 8	Oct 30	202 days	1,094 ft
Milford Lake	Apr 12	Oct 26	193 days	1,213 ft
Minneapolis	Apr 20	Oct 19	181 days	1,306 ft
Montezuma	Apr 23	Oct 20	177 days	2,770 ft
Mound City	Apr 13	Oct 23	192 days	840 ft
Mound City 1ssw	Apr 15	Oct 22	188 days	912 ft
Mound Valley 3 WSW	Apr 15	Oct 24	192 days	800 ft
Ness City	Apr 29	Oct 14	166 days	2,269 ft
Newton	Apr 14	Oct 25	193 days	1,441 ft
Norton 9sse	Apr 27	Oct 17	173 days	2,413 ft
Norton Dam	May 1	Oct 12	162 days	2,346 ft
Norwich	Apr 12	Oct 29	201 days	1,501 ft
Oakley 19 SSW	Apr 28	Oct 15	170 days	2,870 ft
Oakley 4w	May 6	Oct 9	156 days	3,102 ft
Oberlin	Apr 30	Oct 11	163 days	2,586 ft
Olathe 3e	Apr 10	Oct 29	202 days	1,055 ft
Olathe Johnson Co Airport	Apr 13	Oct 24	193 days	1,087 ft
Olathe Johnson Co Exec Airport	Apr 8	Oct 29	204 days	1,070 ft
Osage City	Apr 13	Oct 26	194 days	1,094 ft
Osawatomie	Apr 14	Oct 25	192 days	860 ft
Oskaloosa 4 NE	Apr 16	Oct 22	188 days	1,109 ft
Ottawa	Apr 18	Oct 20	183 days	905 ft
Paola	Apr 13	Oct 21	191 days	860 ft
Parsons 2 NW	Apr 11	Oct 26	196 days	910 ft
Parsons Tri City Airport	Apr 10	Oct 26	197 days	869 ft
Perry Lake	Apr 13	Oct 24	191 days	957 ft
Phillipsburg #2	Apr 26	Oct 16	172 days	1,888 ft
Pittsburg	Apr 7	Oct 30	203 days	908 ft
Plainville 4wnw	Apr 23	Oct 20	178 days	2,194 ft
Pomona Lake	Apr 8	Oct 31	205 days	1,063 ft
Pratt 3nw	Apr 20	Oct 20	183 days	1,942 ft
Quinter	Apr 24	Oct 18	176 days	2,672 ft
Richfield	Apr 27	Oct 19	173 days	3,408 ft
Russell 7e	Apr 22	Oct 19	179 days	1,870 ft
Russell Muni Airport	Apr 22	Oct 17	176 days	1,864 ft
Russell Springs 3n	Apr 30	Oct 14	164 days	3,064 ft
Saint Francis	Apr 30	Oct 10	160 days	3,336 ft
Salina Muni Airport	Apr 18	Oct 23	187 days	1,269 ft
Scott City	Apr 30	Oct 15	167 days	2,974 ft
Sedan	Apr 9	Oct 27	199 days	902 ft
Sharon Springs	Apr 28	Oct 15	168 days	3,450 ft
Smileyberg 1n	Apr 18	Oct 21	185 days	1,330 ft
Smith Center	Apr 24	Oct 15	173 days	1,820 ft
Smolan 1ne	Apr 27	Oct 16	170 days	1,280 ft
Sterling	Apr 15	Oct 23	190 days	1,636 ft
Sublette 7wsw	Apr 23	Oct 21	179 days	2,949 ft
Syracuse 1ne	May 1	Oct 10	162 days	3,308 ft
Tallgrass Prairie National Park	Apr 15	Oct 22	188 days	1,250 ft
Topeka - NWS	Apr 16	Oct 22	189 days	880 ft
Topeka Forbes Field	Apr 15	Oct 21	185 days	1,067 ft
Topeka Muni Airport	Apr 12	Oct 23	191 days	876 ft
Tribune 13nne	May 4	Oct 11	158 days	3,618 ft
Tribune 1w	May 2	Oct 11	160 days	3,634 ft
Troy 3n	Apr 19	Oct 19	182 days	1,040 ft
Tuttle Creek Lake	Apr 22	Oct 20	179 days	1,058 ft
Ulysses 3ne	Apr 28	Oct 16	171 days	3,094 ft
Valley Falls 3 SW	Apr 10	Oct 29	199 days	1,051 ft
Wakeeney	Apr 23	Oct 18	175 days	2,445 ft
Wallace	Apr 30	Oct 10	162 days	3,311 ft
Wamego 4 W	Apr 18	Oct 19	183 days	1,166 ft
Washington	Apr 24	Oct 14	171 days	1,305 ft
Webster Dam	Apr 30	Oct 12	165 days	1,863 ft
Wellington	Apr 15	Oct 29	195 days	1,224 ft
Wichita	Apr 11	Oct 29	199 days	1,335 ft
Wichita Jabara Airport	Apr 10	Oct 27	198 days	1,421 ft
Wichita Wx	Apr 8	Oct 27	200 days	1,334 ft
Wilmore 16se	Apr 25	Oct 15	171 days	1,667 ft
Wilson Lake	Apr 21	Oct 17	179 days	1,512 ft
Winfield 3ne	Apr 16	Oct 22	189 days	1,233 ft
Winfield Strother Field Airport	Apr 11	Oct 27	197 days	1,150 ft
Winona	Apr 29	Oct 17	172 days	3,323 ft
Yates Center	Apr 10	Oct 28	198 days	1,112 ft

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, annual/seasonal normals by station (version 1.0.1), file dated June 27, 2023; documentation.

Freeze dates are 30-year probabilities, not forecasts. Check your local forecast before planting tender plants.