Archie, MO 64725 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Archie, MO, ZIP 64725
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/12, roughly 227 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 192 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Archie, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Archie has about 8 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.
The actual range around Archie's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Archie compares
Archie's growing season runs about 192 days, ranking 20,447 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 698 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Archie's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Archie can differ from the 64725 normal.