Jasper, MO 64755 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jasper, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 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 Jasper, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Jasper before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Jasper's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jasper compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Jasper places 16,682 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 300 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Jasper can differ from the 64755 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Jasper's frost date answer different questions.