Carl Junction, MO 64834 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carl Junction, MO, ZIP 64834
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 200 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carl Junction 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 Carl Junction 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 Carl Junction's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Carl Junction compares
About 200 days separate Carl Junction's last and first frost, putting it 17,745 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 392 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Carl Junction's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Carl Junction can differ from the 64834 normal.