Vanduser, MO 63784 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vanduser, MO, ZIP 63784
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 225 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Vanduser in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Vanduser has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vanduser compares
At roughly 225 frost-free days, Vanduser places 11,496 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 21 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Vanduser can differ from the 63784 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Vanduser's frost date answer different questions.