Bell City, MO 63774 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bell City, MO, ZIP 63774
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 204 frost-free days later.
Bell City sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 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
Zone 7a around Bell City has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bell City compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Bell City places 16,722 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 309 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bell City can differ from the 63774 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bell City's frost date answer different questions.