Benton City, MO 65232 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Benton City, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/11, about 226 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 197 frost-free days later.
Benton City 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 Benton City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Benton City's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Benton City compares
About 197 days separate Benton City's last and first frost, putting it 18,854 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 567 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Benton City's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Benton City's dates instead of trusting one.