Marceline, MO 64658 Frost Dates
Marceline, MO: when does the frost end?
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Marceline in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Marceline's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Marceline against the rest of the dataset
About 192 days separate Marceline's last and first frost, putting it 20,384 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 696 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 64658's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Marceline's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Marceline's dates instead of trusting one.