Kennett, MO 63857 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kennett, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 215 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Kennett, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Kennett before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kennett's last frost
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 Kennett compares
About 215 days separate Kennett's last and first frost, putting it 14,057 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 114 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Kennett's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Kennett can differ from the 63857 normal.