Huntsville, MO 65259 Frost Dates
Huntsville, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/13, about 228 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 195 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Huntsville in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°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 Huntsville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Huntsville's last frost
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Huntsville against the rest of the dataset
Huntsville's growing season runs about 195 days, ranking 19,302 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 602 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65259's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Huntsville can differ from the 65259 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Huntsville's frost date answer different questions.