Gasconade, MO 65036 Frost Dates
Gasconade, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 191 days after the last spring frost.
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 Gasconade, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Gasconade's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/11 isn't a guarantee
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/28 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.
Gasconade against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 191 frost-free days, Gasconade places 20,931 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 764 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65036's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Gasconade can differ from the 65036 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Gasconade's frost date answer different questions.