Truxton, MO 63381 Frost Dates
Truxton, MO: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 191 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Truxton, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Truxton'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
04/14 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 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Truxton against the rest of the dataset
Truxton's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,951 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 768 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 63381's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Truxton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Truxton's dates instead of trusting one.