Liberal, MO 64762 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Liberal, MO?
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 198 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 Liberal, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Liberal before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/22 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 Liberal compares
At roughly 198 frost-free days, Liberal places 18,508 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 512 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Liberal can differ from the 64762 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Liberal's frost date answer different questions.