Brumley, MO 65017 Frost Dates
Brumley, MO: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 200 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brumley 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 9 weeks until Brumley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 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 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Brumley against the rest of the dataset
Brumley's growing season runs about 200 days, ranking 17,923 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 408 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65017's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Brumley's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Brumley can differ from the 65017 normal.