Rea, MO 64480 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Rea, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/17, roughly 232 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 184 frost-free days later.
Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Rea, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Rea before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Rea'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 Rea compares
At roughly 184 frost-free days, Rea places 23,698 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 952 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Rea can differ from the 64480 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6a and Rea's frost date answer different questions.