Meta, MO 65058 Frost Dates
Meta, 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 10/26, roughly 200 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Meta 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 8 weeks until Meta'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 03/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Meta against the rest of the dataset
About 200 days separate Meta's last and first frost, putting it 17,907 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 405 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65058's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Meta's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Meta's dates instead of trusting one.