Sunset Hills, MO 63127 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sunset Hills, MO, ZIP 63127
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 218 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sunset Hills in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Sunset Hills has about 10 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 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sunset Hills compares
At roughly 218 frost-free days, Sunset Hills places 13,245 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 78 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Sunset Hills's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Sunset Hills can differ from the 63127 normal.