Oakview, MO 64118 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Oakview, MO, ZIP 64118
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 211 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 Oakview, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Oakview 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oakview compares
About 211 days separate Oakview's last and first frost, putting it 14,870 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 173 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Oakview's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Oakview's dates instead of trusting one.