Belton, MO 64012 Frost Dates
Belton, MO: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 204 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Belton in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Belton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Belton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Belton places 16,517 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 283 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 64012's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Belton can differ from the 64012 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Belton's frost date answer different questions.