Three Creeks, MO 63342 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Three Creeks, MO, ZIP 63342
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 199 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Three Creeks 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 Three Creeks 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 04/08 isn't a guarantee
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 Three Creeks compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Three Creeks places 18,246 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 464 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Three Creeks's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Three Creeks's dates instead of trusting one.