Stella, MO 64861 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stella, MO, ZIP 64861
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 207 frost-free days later.
Stella 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
Zone 7a around Stella 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stella compares
At roughly 207 frost-free days, Stella places 15,889 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 217 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Stella's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Stella can differ from the 64861 normal.