Sheldon, MO 64784 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sheldon, MO, ZIP 64784
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 199 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sheldon in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
Zone 7a around Sheldon 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 Sheldon's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 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 Sheldon compares
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Sheldon places 18,195 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 447 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Sheldon can differ from the 64784 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Sheldon's frost date answer different questions.