Sheridan, MO 64486 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sheridan, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 181 frost-free days later.
Sheridan 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 7 weeks of growing season left in Sheridan before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sheridan's last frost
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sheridan compares
Sheridan's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,735 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 999 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Sheridan's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Sheridan can differ from the 64486 normal.