A storm will pass through the southwestern U.S. this weekend with widespread rain and mountain snow. Rainfall will be mostly beneficial but poses a risk for dangerous debris flows over recent burn scars. A significant winter storm will impact Alaska through the weekend with heavy snow across western Alaska and heavy rainfall across Southcentral with strong winds and marine/coastal impacts. Read More >
Freeze Information (first and last 32°) |
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(based on 1981-2010 data) |
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WEST CENTRAL | Avg Fall | Avg Spring | Frost-Free |
Days | |||
Healy | 11-Oct | 29-Apr | 165 |
Leoti | 9-Oct | 3-May | 159 |
Ness City | 10-Oct | 26-Apr | 167 |
Oakley | 9-Oct | 3-May | 159 |
Quinter | 12-Oct | 24-Apr | 171 |
Scott City | 11-Oct | 1-May | 163 |
Sharon Springs | 11-Oct | 1-May | 163 |
Tribune | 7-Oct | 6-May | 154 |
Wakeeney | 13-Oct | 21-Apr | 175 |
CENTRAL | Avg Fall | Avg Spring | Frost-Free |
Days | |||
Abilene | 17-Oct | 14-Apr | 186 |
Bison | 8-Oct | 26-Apr | 165 |
Ellsworth | 7-Oct | 29-Apr | 161 |
Florence | 12-Oct | 19-Apr | 176 |
Great Bend | 19-Oct | 14-Apr | 188 |
Hays | 10-Oct | 26-Apr | 167 |
Lincoln | 6-Oct | 26-Apr | 163 |
McPherson | 20-Oct | 15-Apr | 188 |
Russell | 14-Oct | 23-Apr | 174 |
Salina | 20-Oct | 14-Apr | 189 |
Sterling | 21-Oct | 13-Apr | 191 |
SOUTHWEST | Avg Fall | Avg Spring | Frost-Free |
Days | |||
Ashland | 10-Oct | 21-Apr | 172 |
Cimarron | 13-Oct | 25-Apr | 171 |
Dodge City | 17-Oct | 21-Apr | 179 |
Elkhart | 17-Oct | 19-Apr | 181 |
Garden City Experimental Station | 12-Oct | 29-Apr | 166 |
Hugoton | 17-Oct | 18-Apr | 182 |
Jetmore | 13-Oct | 26-Apr | 170 |
Lakin | 15-Oct | 22-Apr | 176 |
Liberal | 21-Oct | 14-Apr | 190 |
Meade | 17-Oct | 17-Apr | 183 |
Sublette | 14-Oct | 22-Apr | 175 |
Syracuse | 10-Oct | 1-May | 162 |
Ulysses | 11-Oct | 27-Apr | 167 |
SOUTH CENTRAL | Avg Fall | Avg Spring | Frost-Free |
Days | |||
Anthony | 1-Nov | 5-Apr | 210 |
Coldwater | 21-Oct | 12-Apr | 192 |
Greensburg | 17-Oct | 17-Apr | 183 |
Hudson | 21-Oct | 13-Apr | 191 |
Hutchinson | 13-Oct | 21-Apr | 175 |
Kinsley | 14-Oct | 17-Apr | 180 |
Larned | 17-Oct | 20-Apr | 180 |
Medicine Lodge | 18-Oct | 13-Apr | 188 |
Newton | 21-Oct | 13-Apr | 191 |
Pratt | 15-Oct | 19-Apr | 179 |
Wellington | 24-Oct | 10-Apr | 197 |
Wichita | 26-Oct | 11-Apr | 198 |
For Dodge City - First occurrence of 32 degrees in the Fall since 1875
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For Dodge City - First occurrence of 28 degrees in the Fall since 1875
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