Buckner, MO 64088 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Buckner, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 198 frost-free days later.
Buckner 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Buckner before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
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 Buckner compares
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Buckner places 18,439 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 486 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Buckner's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Buckner's dates instead of trusting one.