Puxico, MO 63966 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Puxico, MO, ZIP 63966
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 Puxico in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Puxico 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 Puxico'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 Puxico compares
About 215 days separate Puxico's last and first frost, putting it 14,146 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 124 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Puxico's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Puxico's dates instead of trusting one.