Cedar Hill Lakes, MO 63061 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cedar Hill Lakes, MO, ZIP 63061
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar Hill Lakes 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 Cedar Hill Lakes 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.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
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 Cedar Hill Lakes compares
At roughly 194 frost-free days, Cedar Hill Lakes places 19,630 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 655 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cedar Hill Lakes's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cedar Hill Lakes can differ from the 63061 normal.