Randolph, MO 64053 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Randolph, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 198 frost-free days later.
Randolph 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 Randolph before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Randolph's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Randolph compares
About 198 days separate Randolph's last and first frost, putting it 18,567 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 529 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Randolph's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Randolph's dates instead of trusting one.