Frost Dates for 67025 — Cheney, Kansas

Half of springs at Norwich, KS see their last 32°F night by April 12; only one in ten is past it by March 28, and one in ten still has one after April 25. Planting tender crops after April 18 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after April 22 20%, and after April 25 10%. The 13 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is narrower than at 65% of the 110 Kansas stations behind this site's ZIP pages.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by October 29 in half of years, as early as October 16 one year in ten, and holds off past November 11 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 9 days later, around November 7; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is April 18, 7 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 201 days in a typical year, longer than at 87% of the 110 Kansas stations; it reaches 220 days one year in ten and falls short of 181 one year in ten. On average 101 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 9 days longer, to about April 21, and return around October 20. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between December 3 and March 1.

July is the warmest month at Norwich, KS, averaging 93°F by day and 69°F at night; January is the coldest at 44°F and 21°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from November to March (a 90% chance or more). From May to September the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, April still brings one in 82% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 4,430 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), more than at 86% of the 110 Kansas stations. 36% of them (1,580) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 945. Precipitation totals 33.2 inches a year, most in May (5.1") and least in January (1.1"); May to September bring 58% of it.

The nearest other station, Kingman, KS, 18 miles west of Cheney, has a last frost 3 days later (April 15), a first frost 8 days earlier (October 21), a season 14 days shorter.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Cheney usually arrives around December 11, and the last of the season around February 13. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Norwich, KS, 13.7 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Snow fell in 88% of those winters. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 58 days after the last snow.

ZIP 67025 is 14 miles from Norwich, KS, which stands at 1,501 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. 1 other ZIP code shares the station. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 67025 in zone 7a, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged 0 to 5°F (-17.8 to -15.0°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.