Memphis, MO 63442 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Memphis, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 176 frost-free days later.
Memphis sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Memphis before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Memphis's last frost
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Memphis compares
At roughly 176 frost-free days, Memphis places 26,495 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 1,058 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Memphis can differ from the 63442 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Memphis's frost date answer different questions.