Belle, MO 65013 Frost Dates
Belle, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 194 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Belle in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Belle's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/12 isn't a guarantee
04/12 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 04/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Belle against the rest of the dataset
About 194 days separate Belle's last and first frost, putting it 19,523 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 643 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65013's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Belle can differ from the 65013 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Belle's frost date answer different questions.