Sarcoxie, MO 64862 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sarcoxie, MO, ZIP 64862
Around 04/04 is the usual last spring frost, about 219 days away. 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 Sarcoxie, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Sarcoxie 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 Sarcoxie'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 Sarcoxie compares
Sarcoxie's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,657 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 293 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Sarcoxie can differ from the 64862 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Sarcoxie's frost date answer different questions.