Park Hills, MO 63637 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Park Hills, MO?
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 191 frost-free days later.
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 Park Hills, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Park Hills before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Park Hills compares
About 191 days separate Park Hills's last and first frost, putting it 20,741 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 719 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Park Hills's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Park Hills's dates instead of trusting one.