Jane, MO 64856 Frost Dates
Jane, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/15, about 230 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/23, roughly 191 days after the last spring frost.
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 Jane, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Jane's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Jane's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Jane against the rest of the dataset
Jane's growing season runs about 191 days, ranking 20,902 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 757 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 64856's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Jane's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Jane can differ from the 64856 normal.