Des Arc, MO 63636 Frost Dates
Des Arc, MO: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 199 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 Des Arc, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Des Arc's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Des Arc's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Des Arc against the rest of the dataset
Des Arc's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,232 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 462 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 63636's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Des Arc can differ from the 63636 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Des Arc's frost date answer different questions.