Wooldridge, MO 65287 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wooldridge, MO?
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/31, about 207 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 Wooldridge, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Wooldridge before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
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. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wooldridge compares
At roughly 207 frost-free days, Wooldridge places 15,896 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 219 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Wooldridge can differ from the 65287 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Wooldridge's frost date answer different questions.