Lake Tapawingo, MO 64196 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lake Tapawingo, MO, ZIP 64196
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/10, about 225 days from today. 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
Zone 6b 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.
Why 04/10 isn't a guarantee
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 18,485 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 502 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lake Tapawingo's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lake Tapawingo can differ from the 64196 normal.