Wardsville, MO 65105 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wardsville, MO, ZIP 65105
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
Zone 6b around Wardsville 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.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
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 16,334 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 259 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Wardsville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Wardsville's dates instead of trusting one.