Morehouse, MO 63868 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Morehouse, MO, ZIP 63868
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.
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 Morehouse, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Morehouse 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.
Why 03/26 isn't a guarantee
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 Morehouse compares
At roughly 225 frost-free days, Morehouse places 11,456 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 17 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Morehouse can differ from the 63868 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Morehouse's frost date answer different questions.