Bloomsdale, MO 63036 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bloomsdale, MO, ZIP 63036
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 191 frost-free days later.
Bloomsdale 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
Zone 6b around Bloomsdale has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Bloomsdale's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bloomsdale compares
About 191 days separate Bloomsdale's last and first frost, putting it 20,860 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 752 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Bloomsdale's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bloomsdale's dates instead of trusting one.