New Florence, MO 63363 Frost Dates
Frost dates for New Florence, MO, ZIP 63363
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/14, about 229 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 191 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New Florence 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 New Florence 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.
The actual range around New Florence's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How New Florence compares
About 191 days separate New Florence's last and first frost, putting it 20,871 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 753 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and New Florence's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around New Florence's dates instead of trusting one.