Blue Springs, MO 64014 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Blue Springs, MO?
Around 04/07 is the usual last spring frost, about 222 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 202 frost-free days later.
Blue Springs sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Blue Springs before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blue Springs compares
About 202 days separate Blue Springs's last and first frost, putting it 17,107 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 328 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Blue Springs's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Blue Springs can differ from the 64014 normal.