Lohman, MO 65053 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lohman, MO, ZIP 65053
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 205 frost-free days later.
Lohman sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Lohman has about 9 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lohman compares
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Lohman places 16,419 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 273 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Lohman can differ from the 65053 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Lohman's frost date answer different questions.