Wood Heights, MO 64084 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wood Heights, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/19, roughly 234 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/18, about 180 frost-free days later.
Wood Heights sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 7 weeks of growing season left in Wood Heights before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wood Heights's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wood Heights compares
Wood Heights's growing season runs about 180 days, ranking 24,991 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 1,017 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Wood Heights's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Wood Heights's dates instead of trusting one.