Lake Tapawingo, MO 64121 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Tapawingo, MO?
Around 04/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 225 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 198 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Tapawingo in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Lake Tapawingo 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 Lake Tapawingo compares
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Lake Tapawingo places 18,474 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 491 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Lake Tapawingo's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Tapawingo's dates instead of trusting one.