Holcomb, MO 63852 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Holcomb, MO, ZIP 63852
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 215 frost-free days later.
Holcomb sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Holcomb 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Holcomb compares
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Holcomb places 14,172 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 125 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Holcomb can differ from the 63852 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Holcomb's frost date answer different questions.