Lake Tapawingo, MO 64141 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lake Tapawingo, MO, ZIP 64141
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.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Lake Tapawingo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Lake Tapawingo 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
04/10 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
Lake Tapawingo's growing season runs about 198 days, ranking 18,475 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 492 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lake Tapawingo can differ from the 64141 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Lake Tapawingo's frost date answer different questions.