Wardsville, MO 65110 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wardsville, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/08, roughly 223 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 205 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Wardsville, not a forecast for this year.
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.
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 Wardsville compares
At roughly 205 frost-free days, Wardsville places 16,338 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 263 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Wardsville can differ from the 65110 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Wardsville's frost date answer different questions.