Liberty, MO 64144 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Liberty, MO?
Around 04/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 234 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 181 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 Liberty, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 7 weeks of growing season left in Liberty before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Liberty's last frost
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Liberty compares
About 181 days separate Liberty's last and first frost, putting it 24,449 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 981 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Liberty can differ from the 64144 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Liberty's frost date answer different questions.