Brooklyn Heights, MO 64803 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brooklyn Heights, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/04, roughly 219 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 204 frost-free days later.
Brooklyn Heights sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Brooklyn Heights 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
04/04 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 Brooklyn Heights compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Brooklyn Heights places 16,795 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 319 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Brooklyn Heights's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Brooklyn Heights can differ from the 64803 normal.