Lake Tapawingo, MO 64198 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lake Tapawingo, MO?
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Tapawingo in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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
About 198 days separate Lake Tapawingo's last and first frost, putting it 18,487 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 504 of 1,129.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Lake Tapawingo can differ from the 64198 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Lake Tapawingo's frost date answer different questions.