Missouri City, MO 64072 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Missouri City, MO, ZIP 64072
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 181 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 Missouri City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Missouri City has about 7 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.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Missouri City compares
Missouri City's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,727 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 997 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Missouri City's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Missouri City's dates instead of trusting one.