Carthage, MO 64836 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Carthage, MO, ZIP 64836
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 204 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 Carthage, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Carthage 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 Carthage's last frost
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 Carthage compares
Carthage's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,533 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 285 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Carthage's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Carthage's dates instead of trusting one.