Leadwood, MO 63653 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Leadwood, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. 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 Leadwood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Leadwood 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 Leadwood compares
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Leadwood places 20,827 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 741 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Leadwood's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Leadwood's dates instead of trusting one.