Independence, MO 64057 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Independence, MO, ZIP 64057
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 198 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Independence in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Independence 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 Independence'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 Independence compares
About 198 days separate Independence's last and first frost, putting it 18,251 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 468 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Independence can differ from the 64057 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Independence's frost date answer different questions.