Lake Tekakwitha, MO 63015 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Tekakwitha, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 194 frost-free days later.
Lake Tekakwitha sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Lake Tekakwitha before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lake Tekakwitha's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lake Tekakwitha compares
At roughly 194 frost-free days, Lake Tekakwitha places 19,620 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 652 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Lake Tekakwitha can differ from the 63015 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Lake Tekakwitha's frost date answer different questions.