Wellington, MO 64097 Frost Dates
Wellington, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wellington in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Wellington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Wellington's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wellington against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 197 frost-free days, Wellington places 18,743 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 548 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 64097's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wellington's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wellington can differ from the 64097 normal.