Right now
38°C / 101°F
Clear · wind 14 km/h · 32% RH
Soil (6 cm)
31°C / 87°F
Warm-season seeds go
Hardiness zone
6a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -21°C
Frost window
Apr 13 – Oct 31
~201 frost-free days · first frost in ~53 days
Sun
06:53 – 19:38
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Chicago
Tue
Partly cloudy
38° / 24°
dry
Wed
Drizzle
30° / 21°
0.4 mm
Thu
Overcast
31° / 20°
dry
Fri
Overcast
33° / 21°
dry
Sat
Showers
28° / 21°
9.5 mm
Sun
Showers
25° / 21°
25.9 mm
Mon
Drizzle
36° / 21°
0.5 mm
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyKansas City Gardening: Early September – Sow Cool-Season Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty. Kansas City Fall Fishing: Early September Transition. Foraging in Kansas City: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Kansas City Gardening: Early September – Sow Cool-Season Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Bloomsdale Long Standing, Space)
- Lettuce (Buttercrunch, Jericho, Winter Density)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, French Breakfast)
- Kale (Lacinato, Winterbor)
Fishing
Kansas City Fall Fishing: Early September Transition
What's biting
- Largemouth Bass
- Channel Catfish
- Walleye
- White Crappie
Foraging
Foraging in Kansas City: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Black Walnut
- Pawpaw
- Persimmon (American)
- Hickory Nuts (Shagbark, Pignut, Shellbark)
Your ecological region
Prairies & Great Plains
From the aspen parkland of Alberta to the Texas Hill Country: grassland, big sky, wind, and extremes of cold and heat.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 6a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -21°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Kansas City every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.