Ferrelview, MO 64165 Frost Dates
64165, near Ferrelview, MO: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ferrelview in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Ferrelview's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/18 isn't a guarantee
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ferrelview against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 183 frost-free days, Ferrelview places 23,948 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 964 of 1,129.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 64165: the frost range, on how to read the range around Ferrelview's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Ferrelview can differ from the 64165 normal.