Cameron, MO 64429 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Cameron, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 192 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cameron in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 8 weeks of growing season left in Cameron before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Cameron's last frost
04/15 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. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cameron compares
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Cameron places 20,251 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 691 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Cameron's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cameron can differ from the 64429 normal.