Pilot Grove, MO 65276 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pilot Grove, MO, ZIP 65276
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 206 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 Pilot Grove, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Pilot Grove has about 9 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
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pilot Grove compares
Pilot Grove's growing season runs about 206 days, ranking 16,085 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 232 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Pilot Grove can differ from the 65276 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Pilot Grove's frost date answer different questions.