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Camden Point, MO 64018 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Camden Point, MO, ZIP 64018

Zone 6a

Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 193 frost-free days later.

Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Camden Point, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 6a around Camden Point has about 8 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Camden Point compares

About 193 days separate Camden Point's last and first frost, putting it 20,052 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 679 of 1,129.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Camden Point's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Camden Point can differ from the 64018 normal.