Kansas Frost Dates

The median last spring freeze and first fall freeze (32°F) at 176 NOAA stations in Kansas, 1991-2020, with the growing season between them.

Every station

A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring or an earlier one in fall. Each town page gives the dates at 36, 32 and 28°F and every probability from 10 to 90 percent.

Station	Elevation	Last freeze	First freeze	Season, days	Town page
Abilene	1,187 ft	April 14	October 23	192	Abilene
Alton 1 W	1,685 ft	April 29	October 12	166	Osborne
Anthony	1,340 ft	April 9	October 30	204	Anthony
Ashland	1,970 ft	April 21	October 17	179	Ashland
Atchison	945 ft	April 11	October 29	201	Atchison
Atwood	2,893 ft	May 2	October 8	159	Atwood
Baileyville	1,296 ft	April 22	October 13	174	Seneca
Belleville	1,530 ft	April 22	October 17	178	Belleville
Beloit	1,391 ft	April 19	October 19	183	Beloit
Big Hill Lake	907 ft	April 5	October 31	209	Cherryvale
Bison 3NW	2,040 ft	April 30	October 10	163	La Crosse
Bonner Springs	850 ft	April 16	October 22	189	Bonner Springs
Brewster 4W	3,440 ft	May 9	October 4	148	Goodland
Brownell 3NW	2,435 ft	April 29	October 13	167	Ness City
Burr Oak 1N	1,651 ft	April 30	October 8	161	Mankato
Cassoday 2SE	1,520 ft	April 18	October 22	187	El Dorado
Cedar Bluff Dam	2,135 ft	April 25	October 17	175	Ellis
Centralia	1,320 ft	April 19	October 19	183	Centralia
Chanute 4E	992 ft	April 8	October 29	204	Chanute
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	985 ft	April 10	October 28	201	Chanute
Chapman	1,111 ft	April 17	October 20	186	Chapman
Cimarron	2,703 ft	April 20	October 20	183	Cimarron
Clay Ctr	1,201 ft	April 19	October 19	183	Clay Center
Clinton Lake	980 ft	April 15	October 22	190	Lawrence
Coffeyville Muni AP	752 ft	April 6	October 29	206	Coffeyville
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	737 ft	April 6	November 1	209	Coffeyville
Colby 1SW	3,170 ft	May 2	October 9	160	Colby
Coldwater	2,115 ft	April 13	October 27	197	Coldwater
Columbus	893 ft	April 5	October 31	209	Columbus
Concordia 1 W	1,481 ft	April 21	October 19	181	Concordia
Concordia Muni AP	1,469 ft	April 18	October 19	184	Concordia
Cottonwood Falls	1,232 ft	April 19	October 18	182	Cottonwood Falls
Council Grove Lake	1,315 ft	April 11	October 25	197	Council Grove
Courtland	1,500 ft	April 17	October 21	187	Belleville
Dodge City	2,590 ft	April 21	October 20	182	Dodge City
El Dorado	1,290 ft	April 13	October 25	195	El Dorado
Elkhart	3,599 ft	April 19	October 23	187	Elkhart
Ellsworth	1,568 ft	April 23	October 16	176	Ellsworth
Emporia 3 Nw	1,238 ft	April 15	October 23	191	Emporia
Emporia Muni AP	1,209 ft	April 12	October 23	194	Olpe
Eskridge	1,411 ft	April 16	October 23	190	Eskridge
Eureka 1E	1,100 ft	April 16	October 20	187	Eureka
Florence	1,290 ft	April 22	October 17	178	Marion
Frankfort 6NE	1,264 ft	April 20	October 18	181	Frankfort
Fredonia	893 ft	April 12	October 26	197	Fredonia
Ft Scott	884 ft	April 5	October 28	206	Fort Scott
Garden City Exp Stn	2,890 ft	April 28	October 17	172	Garden City
Garden City Rgnl AP	2,882 ft	April 27	October 15	171	Garden City
Garnett 1 E	998 ft	April 17	October 22	188	Garnett
Girard	990 ft	April 4	November 1	211	Girard
Glen Elder Lake	1,500 ft	April 29	October 15	169	Beloit
Goodland	3,651 ft	May 2	October 11	162	Goodland
Great Bend 3W	1,872 ft	April 24	October 15	174	Great Bend
Greensburg	2,243 ft	April 21	October 22	184	Greensburg
Hays	1,990 ft	April 19	October 22	186	Hays
Hays 1 S	2,010 ft	April 25	October 15	173	Hays
Haysville 3SE	1,240 ft	April 14	October 22	191	Derby
Healy	2,850 ft	April 28	October 15	170	Dighton
Herington	1,338 ft	April 24	October 14	173	Herington
Hiawatha 1 S	1,061 ft	April 14	October 22	191	Hiawatha
Hill City 1E	2,132 ft	April 29	October 13	167	Hill City
Hill City Muni AP	2,188 ft	April 27	October 14	170	Hill City
Hillsdale Lake	1,010 ft	April 9	October 31	205	Paola
Holton	1,050 ft	April 24	October 14	173	Holton
Horton	1,032 ft	April 18	October 17	182	Horton
Howard	1,010 ft	April 17	October 22	188	Howard
Hoxie	2,713 ft	April 20	October 20	183	Hoxie
Hudson	1,867 ft	April 18	October 21	186	Saint John
Hugoton	3,110 ft	April 20	October 22	185	Hugoton
Humboldt	940 ft	April 11	October 27	199	Humboldt
Hutchinson	1,540 ft	April 18	October 21	186	Hutchinson
Hutchinson 10 Sw	1,549 ft	April 20	October 19	182	South Hutchinson
Hutchinson Muni AP	1,543 ft	April 21	October 18	180	Hutchinson
Independence	805 ft	April 5	October 31	209	Independence
Iola 1 W	954 ft	April 8	October 26	201	Iola
Jetmore 8NNW	2,430 ft	April 25	October 18	176	Jetmore
John Redmond Lake	1,092 ft	April 11	October 26	198	Burlington
Johnson	3,330 ft	April 19	October 23	187	Johnson
Kanopolis Lake	1,492 ft	April 19	October 23	187	Marquette
Kingman	1,547 ft	April 15	October 21	189	Kingman
Kinsley 2E	2,159 ft	April 20	October 20	183	Kinsley
Kiowa	1,325 ft	April 8	October 31	206	Kiowa
Kirwin Dam	1,697 ft	April 30	October 7	160	Phillipsburg
Lakin	2,998 ft	April 18	October 23	188	Lakin
Larned	1,995 ft	April 16	October 27	194	Larned
Larned #2	2,030 ft	April 22	October 22	183	Larned
Lawrence	1,050 ft	April 12	October 28	199	Lawrence
Lawrence Muni AP	832 ft	April 21	October 17	179	Lawrence
Leavenworth	870 ft	April 12	October 27	198	Leavenworth
Leavenworth 3SW	871 ft	April 19	October 19	183	Leavenworth
Leoti	3,309 ft	May 2	October 12	163	Leoti
Liberal	2,834 ft	April 20	October 24	187	Liberal
Lincoln 1 Se	1,401 ft	April 28	October 15	170	Lincoln
Lovewell Dam	1,602 ft	April 20	October 19	182
Manhattan	1,060 ft	April 16	October 19	186	Manhattan
Manhattan 6 Ssw	1,137 ft	April 19	October 17	181	Ogden
Manhattan Muni AP	1,057 ft	April 21	October 16	178	Ogden
Mankato	1,750 ft	April 30	October 14	167	Mankato
Marion Rsvr	1,369 ft	April 8	October 30	205	Marion
Marysville	1,178 ft	April 25	October 13	171	Marysville
Mc Donald	3,364 ft	May 4	October 12	161	Atwood
Mcpherson	1,520 ft	April 18	October 24	189	McPherson
Meade	2,504 ft	April 20	October 22	185	Meade
Medicine Lodge	1,535 ft	April 13	October 23	193	Medicine Lodge
Melvern Lake	1,094 ft	April 8	October 30	205	Lyndon
Milford Lake	1,213 ft	April 12	October 26	197	Junction City
Minneapolis	1,306 ft	April 20	October 19	182	Minneapolis
Montezuma	2,770 ft	April 23	October 20	180	Montezuma
Mound City	840 ft	April 13	October 23	193	Mound City
Mound City 1SSW	912 ft	April 15	October 22	190	Mound City
Mound Valley 3 Wsw	800 ft	April 15	October 24	192	Cherryvale
Ness City	2,269 ft	April 29	October 14	168	Ness City
Newton	1,441 ft	April 14	October 25	194	Newton
Norton 9SSE	2,413 ft	April 27	October 17	173	Norton
Norton Dam	2,346 ft	May 1	October 12	164	Norton
Norwich	1,501 ft	April 12	October 29	200	Conway Springs
Oakley 19 Ssw	2,870 ft	April 28	October 15	170	Oakley
Oakley 4W	3,102 ft	May 6	October 9	156	Oakley
Oberlin	2,586 ft	April 30	October 11	164	Oberlin
Olathe 3E	1,055 ft	April 10	October 29	202	Olathe
Olathe Johnson CO AP	1,087 ft	April 13	October 24	194	New Century
Olathe Johnson CO Exec AP	1,070 ft	April 8	October 29	204	Olathe
Osage City	1,094 ft	April 13	October 26	196	Osage City
Osawatomie	860 ft	April 14	October 25	194	Osawatomie
Oskaloosa 4 Ne	1,109 ft	April 16	October 22	189	Oskaloosa
Ottawa	905 ft	April 18	October 20	185	Ottawa
Paola	860 ft	April 13	October 21	191	Paola
Parsons 2 Nw	910 ft	April 11	October 26	198	Parsons
Parsons Tri City AP	869 ft	April 10	October 26	199	Cherryvale
Perry Lake	957 ft	April 13	October 24	194	Perry
Phillipsburg #2	1,888 ft	April 26	October 16	173	Phillipsburg
Pittsburg	908 ft	April 7	October 30	206	Pittsburg
Plainville 4WNW	2,194 ft	April 23	October 20	180	Plainville
Pomona Lake	1,063 ft	April 8	October 31	206	Vassar
Pratt 3NW	1,942 ft	April 20	October 20	183	Pratt
Quinter	2,672 ft	April 24	October 18	177	Quinter
Richfield	3,408 ft	April 27	October 19	175	Elkhart
Russell 7E	1,870 ft	April 22	October 19	180	Russell
Russell Muni AP	1,864 ft	April 22	October 17	178	Russell
Russell Springs 3N	3,064 ft	April 30	October 14	167	Oakley
Saint Francis	3,336 ft	April 30	October 10	163	Saint Francis
Salina Muni AP	1,269 ft	April 18	October 23	188	Salina
Scott City	2,974 ft	April 30	October 15	168	Scott City
Sedan	902 ft	April 9	October 27	201	Sedan
Sharon Springs	3,450 ft	April 28	October 15	170	Sharon Springs
Smileyberg 1N	1,330 ft	April 18	October 21	186	Clay Center
Smith Ctr	1,820 ft	April 24	October 15	174	Smith Center
Smolan 1NE	1,280 ft	April 27	October 16	172	Salina
Sterling	1,636 ft	April 15	October 23	191	Sterling
Sublette 7WSW	2,949 ft	April 23	October 21	181	Satanta
Syracuse 1NE	3,308 ft	May 1	October 10	162	Syracuse
Tallgrass Prairie Np	1,250 ft	April 15	October 22	190	Cottonwood Falls
Topeka - NWS	880 ft	April 16	October 22	189	Topeka
Topeka Forbes Fld	1,067 ft	April 15	October 21	189	Topeka
Topeka Muni AP	876 ft	April 12	October 23	194	Topeka
Tribune 13NNE	3,618 ft	May 4	October 11	160	Tribune
Tribune 1W	3,634 ft	May 2	October 11	162	Tribune
Troy 3N	1,040 ft	April 19	October 19	183	Troy
Tuttle Creek Lake	1,058 ft	April 22	October 20	181	Manhattan
Ulysses 3NE	3,094 ft	April 28	October 16	171	Ulysses
Valley Falls 3 Sw	1,051 ft	April 10	October 29	202	Valley Falls
Wakeeney	2,445 ft	April 23	October 18	178	WaKeeney
Wallace	3,311 ft	April 30	October 10	163	Sharon Springs
Wamego 4 W	1,166 ft	April 18	October 19	184	Saint George
Washington	1,305 ft	April 24	October 14	173	Washington
Webster Dam	1,863 ft	April 30	October 12	165	Stockton
Wellington	1,224 ft	April 15	October 29	197	Wellington
Wichita	1,335 ft	April 11	October 29	201	Wichita
Wichita Jabara AP	1,421 ft	April 10	October 27	200	Bellaire
Wichita Wx	1,334 ft	April 8	October 27	202	Wichita
Wilmore 16SE	1,667 ft	April 25	October 15	173	Coldwater
Wilson Lake	1,512 ft	April 21	October 17	179	Wilson
Winfield 3NE	1,233 ft	April 16	October 22	189	Winfield
Winfield Strother Fld AP	1,150 ft	April 11	October 27	199	Winfield
Winona	3,323 ft	April 29	October 17	171	Oakley
Yates Ctr	1,112 ft	April 10	October 28	201	Yates Center

Sources

NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, annual and seasonal freeze probabilities. Public domain.