Kansas Frost Dates: Last and First Frost by Town

176 NOAA weather stations · 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals · Data updated 2026-10-29

Quick answer

Across Kansas's 176 NOAA stations with regular frost, the median last spring frost is April 19 and the median first fall frost is October 20. Last frost dates range from April 4 at Girard to May 9 at Brewster 4W, so enter your ZIP code below for the station nearest you.

How frost dates vary across Kansas

Elevation matters: across Kansas's stations, each 1,000 ft of elevation delays the median last frost by about 7 days.
North vs south: stations in the northern third of the state (north of 39.0°N) reach their median last frost about 8 days later than the southern third (south of 38.0°N).
Safety margin: the median 10%-risk date (May 2) is about 13 days after the median last frost. Waiting until then cuts the chance of a killing frost on tender transplants from 1 in 2 to 1 in 10.

Frost dates at Kansas's major weather stations

These National Weather Service stations, mostly at airports, have the longest and most complete records in the state.


Anthony	1,340	Apr 9	Apr 23	Oct 30	205
Chanute Martin Johnson Airport	985	Apr 10	Apr 26	Oct 28	199
Coffeyville Municipal Airport	752	Apr 6	Apr 24	Oct 29	204
Concordia Municipal Airport	1,469	Apr 18	May 2	Oct 19	183
Dodge City	2,590	Apr 21	May 4	Oct 20	179
Emporia Municipal Airport	1,209	Apr 12	Apr 27	Oct 23	193
Garden City Regional Airport	2,882	Apr 27	May 9	Oct 15	170
Goodland	3,651	May 2	May 16	Oct 11	158
Hill City Municipal Airport	2,188	Apr 27	May 10	Oct 14	169
Hutchinson Municipal Airport	1,543	Apr 21	May 4	Oct 18	180
Lawrence Municipal Airport	832	Apr 21	May 6	Oct 17	177
Manhattan 6 SSW	1,137	Apr 19	May 6	Oct 17	179
Manhattan Municipal Airport	1,057	Apr 21	May 6	Oct 16	177
Medicine Lodge	1,535	Apr 13	Apr 29	Oct 23	191
Oakley 19 SSW	2,870	Apr 28	May 10	Oct 15	170
Olathe Johnson County Airport	1,087	Apr 13	Apr 29	Oct 24	193
Olathe Johnson County Exec Airport	1,070	Apr 8	Apr 23	Oct 29	204
Parsons Tri City Airport	869	Apr 10	Apr 28	Oct 26	197
Russell Municipal Airport	1,864	Apr 22	May 6	Oct 17	176
Salina Municipal Airport	1,269	Apr 18	May 1	Oct 23	187
Topeka Forbes Field	1,067	Apr 15	Apr 30	Oct 21	185
Topeka Municipal Airport	876	Apr 12	Apr 27	Oct 23	191
Wichita	1,335	Apr 11	Apr 26	Oct 29	199
Wichita Jabara Airport	1,421	Apr 10	Apr 27	Oct 27	198
Winfield Strother Field Airport	1,150	Apr 11	Apr 28	Oct 27	197

All 176 stations in Kansas

Last frost and first frost are medians: a 50% chance of a 32°F night after (spring) or before (fall) that date. 10% risk is the spring date with only a 1-in-10 chance of a later frost. Click a column to sort.

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

Frequently asked questions

When is the last frost in Kansas?

The median last spring frost (32°F) across Kansas's NOAA weather stations is April 19, based on 1991–2020 climate normals. It ranges from April 4 at Girard to May 9 at Brewster 4W. For a safer planting date, use the 10%-risk date; the state median for that is May 2.

When is the first frost in Kansas?

The median first fall frost across Kansas's stations is October 20. The earliest median first frost is October 4 at Brewster 4W, and the latest is November 1 at Girard.

How long is the growing season in Kansas?

The median frost-free season is 183 days across Kansas's stations, from 145 days at Brewster 4W to 209 days at Girard.

When should I plant tomatoes in Kansas?

Plant tomatoes outdoors after your local last frost, ideally after the 10%-risk date when nights stay above 50°F. At a typical Kansas station that means starting seeds indoors 6–8 weeks before April 19 and transplanting from about May 2. Check your ZIP code, because dates vary by weeks across the state.

How to use these dates

Frost dates are 30-year averages from NOAA, not forecasts. Use them to plan seed starting and planting, then watch the 10-day forecast as the date approaches. Cold air settles in valleys and low spots, so a garden at the bottom of a slope can frost a week or more later in spring than the nearest station shows.

Ready to plan? The planting calendar by ZIP code turns these dates into start-indoors, transplant and sowing dates for 30 crops.

Sources and method

Dates are the 32°F freeze probabilities published in the NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals for each station. Station names are NOAA's, lightly expanded for readability. See the methodology or download the full table.