Ellington, MO 63638 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ellington, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 199 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 Ellington, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Ellington before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ellington's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ellington compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Ellington places 18,170 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 440 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ellington's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ellington can differ from the 63638 normal.