Lake Tapawingo, MO 64187 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Tapawingo, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 198 frost-free days later.
Lake Tapawingo 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 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.
The actual range around Lake Tapawingo's last frost
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 18,482 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 499 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.