Dudley, MO 63936 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Dudley, MO, ZIP 63936
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 214 frost-free days later.
Dudley 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 Dudley 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.
The actual range around Dudley's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/15 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 Dudley compares
Dudley's growing season runs about 214 days, ranking 14,391 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 145 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Dudley can differ from the 63936 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Dudley's frost date answer different questions.