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Farber, MO 63345 Frost Dates

Farber, MO: when does the frost end?

Zone 6b

Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Farber 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 Farber'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

04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 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.

Farber against the rest of the dataset

Farber's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,564 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 705 of 1,129.

Learn more

Before leaning on 63345's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Farber's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Farber can differ from the 63345 normal.