Greenville, MO 63934 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Greenville, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 215 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greenville in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Greenville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Greenville's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Greenville compares
Greenville's growing season runs about 215 days, ranking 14,179 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 128 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Greenville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Greenville can differ from the 63934 normal.