Tipton, MO 65081 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Tipton, MO?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 195 frost-free days later.
Tipton 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
About 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Tipton compares
At roughly 195 frost-free days, Tipton places 19,285 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 601 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Tipton can differ from the 65081 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Tipton's frost date answer different questions.