Richards, MO 64778 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Richards, MO, ZIP 64778
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 202 frost-free days later.
Richards sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Richards has about 9 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 Richards's last frost
04/07 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. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Richards compares
About 202 days separate Richards's last and first frost, putting it 17,401 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 364 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Richards's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Richards can differ from the 64778 normal.