FrostDateCheck

Cleveland, MO 64734 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Cleveland, MO?

Zone 6b

Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 204 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cleveland in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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

About 9 weeks of growing season left in Cleveland before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Cleveland's last frost

04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Cleveland compares

At roughly 204 frost-free days, Cleveland places 16,701 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 302 of 1,129.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Cleveland's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Cleveland can differ from the 64734 normal.