Charmwood, MO 63079 Frost Dates
Charmwood, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 194 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Charmwood 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 Charmwood's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Charmwood's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Charmwood against the rest of the dataset
Charmwood's growing season runs about 194 days, ranking 19,666 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 663 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 63079's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Charmwood's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Charmwood's dates instead of trusting one.