Leslie, MO 63056 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Leslie, MO, ZIP 63056
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/27, roughly 242 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 168 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Leslie in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Leslie has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Leslie compares
At roughly 168 frost-free days, Leslie places 29,802 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 1,112 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Leslie's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Leslie's dates instead of trusting one.