Auxvasse, MO 65231 Frost Dates
Auxvasse, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 197 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Auxvasse 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 Auxvasse's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Auxvasse against the rest of the dataset
About 197 days separate Auxvasse's last and first frost, putting it 18,735 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 547 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65231's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Auxvasse's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Auxvasse can differ from the 65231 normal.