Old Appleton, MO 63783 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Old Appleton, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 202 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Old Appleton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Old Appleton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Old Appleton's last frost
04/07 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. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Old Appleton compares
At roughly 202 frost-free days, Old Appleton places 17,393 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 358 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Old Appleton's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Old Appleton's dates instead of trusting one.