Wardsville, MO 65103 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wardsville, MO?
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wardsville 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 9 weeks of growing season left in Wardsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wardsville's last frost
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 Wardsville compares
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Wardsville places 16,332 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 257 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Wardsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Wardsville can differ from the 65103 normal.