Utica, MO 64686 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Utica, MO?
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 187 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 Utica, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Utica before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Utica's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/01 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 Utica compares
About 187 days separate Utica's last and first frost, putting it 22,612 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 860 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Utica's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Utica can differ from the 64686 normal.