Clifton Hill, MO 65244 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clifton Hill, MO, ZIP 65244
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/22, about 190 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clifton Hill in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 6a around Clifton Hill has about 8 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Clifton Hill compares
At roughly 190 frost-free days, Clifton Hill places 21,347 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 779 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Clifton Hill can differ from the 65244 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Clifton Hill's frost date answer different questions.