Bolckow, MO 64427 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bolckow, MO, ZIP 64427
Around 04/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 232 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 184 frost-free days later.
Bolckow sits in USDA Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Bolckow has about 8 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.
The actual range around Bolckow's last frost
04/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bolckow compares
At roughly 184 frost-free days, Bolckow places 23,675 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 936 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Bolckow can differ from the 64427 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Bolckow's frost date answer different questions.