What Hardiness Zone Is Kansas?

USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map · 741 ZIP codes · Data updated 2026-10-28

Quick answer

Kansas spans USDA hardiness zones 6a–7a on the 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map. The most common zone is 6b, covering 54% of Kansas's ZIP codes, followed by zone 6a (24%). Zone 6b means the coldest night of an average winter reaches −5°F to 0°F (−21°C to −18°C). Enter your ZIP code for your exact zone.

Kansas hardiness zones by share of ZIP codes

Zone 6a24% · 178 ZIPs

Zone 6b54% · 401 ZIPs

Zone 7a22% · 162 ZIPs

What the zones mean for Kansas gardeners

Coldest and warmest towns: among towns with NOAA weather stations, Goodland (3,651 ft) is in zone 6a, while Coffeyville Wtr Wks (737 ft) is in zone 7a. That is a difference of about 10°F in the coldest night of a typical winter.
Same zone, different frost dates: within zone 6b, the median last spring frost ranges from April 8 at Iola 1 W to April 28 at Ulysses 3NE, 20 days apart. Your zone tells you which perennials survive winter; your frost dates tell you when to plant.

Typical frost dates in each Kansas zone

Medians across NOAA weather stations in each zone. Colder zones usually have later spring frosts, but local terrain can shift the dates by weeks.

Zone	Last spring frost	First fall frost	Stations
6a	April 28	October 14	49
6b	April 18	October 22	87
7a	April 10	October 28	27

Hardiness zones for Kansas cities

Zones at the National Weather Service stations, mostly city airports, with their median frost dates.


Anthony	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,340	Apr 9	Oct 30
Chanute Martin Johnson Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	985	Apr 10	Oct 28
Coffeyville Municipal Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	752	Apr 6	Oct 29
Concordia Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,469	Apr 18	Oct 19
Dodge City	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,590	Apr 21	Oct 20
Garden City Regional Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,882	Apr 27	Oct 15
Goodland	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,651	May 2	Oct 11
Hill City Municipal Airport	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,188	Apr 27	Oct 14
Hutchinson Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,543	Apr 21	Oct 18
Lawrence Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	832	Apr 21	Oct 17
Manhattan Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,057	Apr 21	Oct 16
Medicine Lodge	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,535	Apr 13	Oct 23
Olathe Johnson County Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,087	Apr 13	Oct 24
Olathe Johnson County Exec Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,070	Apr 8	Oct 29
Parsons Tri City Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	869	Apr 10	Oct 26
Russell Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,864	Apr 22	Oct 17
Salina Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,269	Apr 18	Oct 23
Topeka Forbes Field	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,067	Apr 15	Oct 21
Topeka Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	876	Apr 12	Oct 23
Wichita	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,335	Apr 11	Oct 29
Wichita Jabara Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,421	Apr 10	Oct 27
Winfield Strother Field Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,150	Apr 11	Oct 27

Hardiness zones for 163 towns in Kansas

Each NOAA weather station is shown with the USDA zone of the nearest ZIP code (within 8 miles). Coldest night is the zone's range for the average annual extreme minimum temperature. Click a column to sort.

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Abilene	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,187	Apr 14	Oct 23
Alton 1 W	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,685	Apr 29	Oct 12
Anthony	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,340	Apr 9	Oct 30
Ashland	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,970	Apr 21	Oct 17
Atchison	6a	−10°F to −5°F	945	Apr 11	Oct 29
Atwood	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,893	May 2	Oct 8
Baileyville	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,296	Apr 22	Oct 13
Belleville	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,530	Apr 22	Oct 17
Beloit	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,391	Apr 19	Oct 19
Big Hill Lake	7a	0°F to 5°F	907	Apr 5	Oct 31
Bison 3NW	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,040	Apr 30	Oct 10
Bonner Springs	6b	−5°F to 0°F	850	Apr 16	Oct 22
Brewster 4W	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,440	May 9	Oct 4
Brownell 3NW	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,435	Apr 29	Oct 13
Burr Oak 1N	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,651	Apr 30	Oct 8
Cassoday 2SE	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,520	Apr 18	Oct 22
Centralia	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,320	Apr 19	Oct 19
Chanute Martin Johnson Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	985	Apr 10	Oct 28
Chapman	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,111	Apr 17	Oct 20
Clay Center	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,201	Apr 19	Oct 19
Clinton Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	980	Apr 15	Oct 22
Coffeyville Municipal Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	752	Apr 6	Oct 29
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	7a	0°F to 5°F	737	Apr 6	Nov 1
Colby 1SW	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,170	May 2	Oct 9
Coldwater	7a	0°F to 5°F	2,115	Apr 13	Oct 27
Columbus	7a	0°F to 5°F	893	Apr 5	Oct 31
Concordia Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,469	Apr 18	Oct 19
Cottonwood Falls	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,232	Apr 19	Oct 18
Council Grove Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,315	Apr 11	Oct 25
Courtland	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,500	Apr 17	Oct 21
Dodge City	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,590	Apr 21	Oct 20
El Dorado	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,290	Apr 13	Oct 25
Elkhart	6b	−5°F to 0°F	3,599	Apr 19	Oct 23
Ellsworth	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,568	Apr 23	Oct 16
Emporia 3 NW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,238	Apr 15	Oct 23
Eskridge	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,411	Apr 16	Oct 23
Eureka 1E	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,100	Apr 16	Oct 20
Florence	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,290	Apr 22	Oct 17
Fort Scott	7a	0°F to 5°F	884	Apr 5	Oct 28
Frankfort 6NE	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,264	Apr 20	Oct 18
Fredonia	7a	0°F to 5°F	893	Apr 12	Oct 26
Garden City Experiment Station	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,890	Apr 28	Oct 17
Garden City Regional Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,882	Apr 27	Oct 15
Garnett 1 E	6b	−5°F to 0°F	998	Apr 17	Oct 22
Girard	7a	0°F to 5°F	990	Apr 4	Nov 1
Glen Elder Lake	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,500	Apr 29	Oct 15
Goodland	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,651	May 2	Oct 11
Great Bend 3W	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,872	Apr 24	Oct 15
Greensburg	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,243	Apr 21	Oct 22
Hays	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,990	Apr 19	Oct 22
Hays 1 S	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,010	Apr 25	Oct 15
Haysville 3SE	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,240	Apr 14	Oct 22
Healy	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,850	Apr 28	Oct 15
Herington	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,338	Apr 24	Oct 14
Hiawatha 1 S	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,061	Apr 14	Oct 22
Hill City Municipal Airport	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,188	Apr 27	Oct 14
Hillsdale Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,010	Apr 9	Oct 31
Holton	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,050	Apr 24	Oct 14
Horton	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,032	Apr 18	Oct 17
Howard	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,010	Apr 17	Oct 22
Hoxie	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,713	Apr 20	Oct 20
Hudson	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,867	Apr 18	Oct 21
Hugoton	6b	−5°F to 0°F	3,110	Apr 20	Oct 22
Humboldt	6b	−5°F to 0°F	940	Apr 11	Oct 27
Hutchinson	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,540	Apr 18	Oct 21
Hutchinson 10 SW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,549	Apr 20	Oct 19
Hutchinson Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,543	Apr 21	Oct 18
Independence	7a	0°F to 5°F	805	Apr 5	Oct 31
Iola 1 W	6b	−5°F to 0°F	954	Apr 8	Oct 26
Jetmore 8NNW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,430	Apr 25	Oct 18
John Redmond Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,092	Apr 11	Oct 26
Johnson	6b	−5°F to 0°F	3,330	Apr 19	Oct 23
Kanopolis Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,492	Apr 19	Oct 23
Kingman	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,547	Apr 15	Oct 21
Kinsley 2E	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,159	Apr 20	Oct 20
Kiowa	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,325	Apr 8	Oct 31
Kirwin Dam	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,697	Apr 30	Oct 7
Lakin	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,998	Apr 18	Oct 23
Larned	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,995	Apr 16	Oct 27
Lawrence	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,050	Apr 12	Oct 28
Lawrence Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	832	Apr 21	Oct 17
Leavenworth	6b	−5°F to 0°F	870	Apr 12	Oct 27
Leavenworth 3SW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	871	Apr 19	Oct 19
Leoti	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,309	May 2	Oct 12
Liberal	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,834	Apr 20	Oct 24
Lincoln 1 SE	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,401	Apr 28	Oct 15
Lovewell Dam	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,602	Apr 20	Oct 19
Manhattan	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,060	Apr 16	Oct 19
Manhattan Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,057	Apr 21	Oct 16
Mankato	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,750	Apr 30	Oct 14
Marion Rsvr	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,369	Apr 8	Oct 30
Marysville	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,178	Apr 25	Oct 13
Mc Donald	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,364	May 4	Oct 12
McPherson	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,520	Apr 18	Oct 24
Meade	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,504	Apr 20	Oct 22
Medicine Lodge	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,535	Apr 13	Oct 23
Melvern Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,094	Apr 8	Oct 30
Milford Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,213	Apr 12	Oct 26
Minneapolis	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,306	Apr 20	Oct 19
Montezuma	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,770	Apr 23	Oct 20
Mound City	6b	−5°F to 0°F	840	Apr 13	Oct 23
Mound City 1SSW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	912	Apr 15	Oct 22
Mound Valley 3 WSW	7a	0°F to 5°F	800	Apr 15	Oct 24
Ness City	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,269	Apr 29	Oct 14
Newton	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,441	Apr 14	Oct 25
Norton Dam	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,346	May 1	Oct 12
Norwich	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,501	Apr 12	Oct 29
Oakley 4W	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,102	May 6	Oct 9
Oberlin	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,586	Apr 30	Oct 11
Olathe 3E	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,055	Apr 10	Oct 29
Olathe Johnson County Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,087	Apr 13	Oct 24
Olathe Johnson County Exec Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,070	Apr 8	Oct 29
Osage City	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,094	Apr 13	Oct 26
Osawatomie	6b	−5°F to 0°F	860	Apr 14	Oct 25
Oskaloosa 4 NE	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,109	Apr 16	Oct 22
Ottawa	6b	−5°F to 0°F	905	Apr 18	Oct 20
Paola	6b	−5°F to 0°F	860	Apr 13	Oct 21
Parsons 2 NW	7a	0°F to 5°F	910	Apr 11	Oct 26
Parsons Tri City Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	869	Apr 10	Oct 26
Perry Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	957	Apr 13	Oct 24
Phillipsburg #2	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,888	Apr 26	Oct 16
Pittsburg	7a	0°F to 5°F	908	Apr 7	Oct 30
Plainville 4WNW	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,194	Apr 23	Oct 20
Pomona Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,063	Apr 8	Oct 31
Pratt 3NW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,942	Apr 20	Oct 20
Quinter	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,672	Apr 24	Oct 18
Richfield	6b	−5°F to 0°F	3,408	Apr 27	Oct 19
Russell 7E	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,870	Apr 22	Oct 19
Russell Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,864	Apr 22	Oct 17
Russell Springs 3N	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,064	Apr 30	Oct 14
Saint Francis	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,336	Apr 30	Oct 10
Salina Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,269	Apr 18	Oct 23
Scott City	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,974	Apr 30	Oct 15
Sedan	7a	0°F to 5°F	902	Apr 9	Oct 27
Sharon Springs	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,450	Apr 28	Oct 15
Smileyberg 1N	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,330	Apr 18	Oct 21
Smith Center	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,820	Apr 24	Oct 15
Smolan 1NE	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,280	Apr 27	Oct 16
Sterling	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,636	Apr 15	Oct 23
Sublette 7WSW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	2,949	Apr 23	Oct 21
Syracuse 1NE	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,308	May 1	Oct 10
Tallgrass Prairie National Park	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,250	Apr 15	Oct 22
Topeka - NWS	6b	−5°F to 0°F	880	Apr 16	Oct 22
Topeka Forbes Field	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,067	Apr 15	Oct 21
Topeka Municipal Airport	6b	−5°F to 0°F	876	Apr 12	Oct 23
Tribune 1W	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,634	May 2	Oct 11
Troy 3N	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,040	Apr 19	Oct 19
Tuttle Creek Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,058	Apr 22	Oct 20
Ulysses 3NE	6b	−5°F to 0°F	3,094	Apr 28	Oct 16
Valley Falls 3 SW	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,051	Apr 10	Oct 29
Wakeeney	6a	−10°F to −5°F	2,445	Apr 23	Oct 18
Wallace	6a	−10°F to −5°F	3,311	Apr 30	Oct 10
Wamego 4 W	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,166	Apr 18	Oct 19
Washington	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,305	Apr 24	Oct 14
Webster Dam	6a	−10°F to −5°F	1,863	Apr 30	Oct 12
Wellington	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,224	Apr 15	Oct 29
Wichita	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,335	Apr 11	Oct 29
Wichita Jabara Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,421	Apr 10	Oct 27
Wichita Wx	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,334	Apr 8	Oct 27
Wilson Lake	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,512	Apr 21	Oct 17
Winfield 3NE	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,233	Apr 16	Oct 22
Winfield Strother Field Airport	7a	0°F to 5°F	1,150	Apr 11	Oct 27
Yates Center	6b	−5°F to 0°F	1,112	Apr 10	Oct 28

Frequently asked questions

What hardiness zone is Kansas?

Kansas is in USDA hardiness zones 6a–7a on the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Zone 6b is the most common, covering 54% of Kansas's ZIP codes, and zone 6a covers 24%. Enter your ZIP code for your exact zone.

What does zone 6b mean?

Zone 6b means the average annual extreme minimum temperature, the coldest night of a typical winter, is −5°F to 0°F (−21°C to −18°C). Perennials, shrubs and trees rated for zone 6b or colder should survive winter there.

What is the coldest hardiness zone in Kansas?

Zone 6a is the coldest zone mapped in Kansas, found around Goodland, and zone 7a is the warmest, found around Coffeyville Wtr Wks.

Did Kansas's hardiness zones change in 2023?

The USDA released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map in November 2023, based on 1991–2020 temperatures instead of 1976–2005. About half of the United States shifted half a zone warmer. Check your ZIP code here, because plant tags and older books may still list your 2012 zone.

When should I plant in zone 6b?

Hardiness zones don't set planting dates; frost dates do. Inside zone 6b in Kansas, the median last spring frost varies from April 8 to April 28. Look up your local frost dates and plant tender crops such as tomatoes after the 10%-risk last-frost date.

Zone and frost dates: use both

Your hardiness zone answers one question: will this plant survive the winter here? Choose perennials, shrubs, trees and bulbs rated for your zone or a colder one. For vegetables and annuals, what matters is the length of the frost-free season. See Kansas frost dates by town, or get a planting calendar for your ZIP code with start-indoors, transplant and sowing dates for 30 crops.

Sources and method

Zones are from the USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map ZIP-code files published by the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, based on 1991–2020 minimum temperatures. ZIP codes are assigned to states by USPS prefix. Town zones use the ZIP code nearest each NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals station. This is an independent tool, not an official USDA site. Full methodology.