Cedar Hill Lakes, MO 63066 Frost Dates
Cedar Hill Lakes, MO: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Cedar Hill Lakes's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cedar Hill Lakes against the rest of the dataset
Cedar Hill Lakes's growing season runs about 197 days, ranking 18,839 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 561 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 63066's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Cedar Hill Lakes's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Cedar Hill Lakes's dates instead of trusting one.