Polo, MO 64671 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Polo, MO, ZIP 64671
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/23, about 238 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/17, about 175 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Polo 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 Polo 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
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 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 Polo compares
About 175 days separate Polo's last and first frost, putting it 27,167 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 1,077 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Polo's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Polo's dates instead of trusting one.