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Lake Waukomis, MO 64154 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Lake Waukomis, MO?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 193 frost-free days later.

Lake Waukomis sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 8 weeks of growing season left in Lake Waukomis before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Lake Waukomis's last frost

04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Lake Waukomis compares

About 193 days separate Lake Waukomis's last and first frost, putting it 19,996 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 675 of 1,129.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Lake Waukomis's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Lake Waukomis can differ from the 64154 normal.