King City, MO 64463 Frost Dates
Frost dates for King City, MO, ZIP 64463
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 180 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts King City 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
Zone 6a around King City has about 7 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/19 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. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How King City compares
At roughly 180 frost-free days, King City places 24,977 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 1,016 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around King City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in King City can differ from the 64463 normal.