Tipton, MO 65034 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tipton, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 202 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Tipton, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Tipton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Tipton's last frost
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tipton compares
About 202 days separate Tipton's last and first frost, putting it 17,247 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 341 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Tipton can differ from the 65034 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Tipton's frost date answer different questions.