Peculiar, MO 64078 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Peculiar, MO, ZIP 64078
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Peculiar, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Peculiar 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.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Peculiar compares
Peculiar's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,566 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 289 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Peculiar can differ from the 64078 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Peculiar's frost date answer different questions.