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Linn Creek, MO 65052 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Linn Creek, MO?

Zone 6b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 216 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Linn Creek in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.

What to do before the first frost

About 10 weeks of growing season left in Linn Creek before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Linn Creek's last frost

03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Linn Creek compares

Linn Creek's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,910 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 103 of 1,129.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Linn Creek's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Linn Creek can differ from the 65052 normal.