Blythedale, MO 64426 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Blythedale, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/17, about 232 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 184 frost-free days later.
Blythedale sits in USDA Zone 5b (-15 to -10°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 Blythedale before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blythedale compares
At roughly 184 frost-free days, Blythedale places 23,660 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 928 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Blythedale can differ from the 64426 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 5b and Blythedale's frost date answer different questions.