Augusta, MO 63302 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Augusta, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 199 frost-free days later.
Augusta sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Augusta before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Augusta's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Augusta compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Augusta places 18,211 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 451 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Augusta's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Augusta can differ from the 63302 normal.