Slater, MO 65349 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Slater, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/24, about 196 frost-free days later.
Slater 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 Slater before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 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. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Slater compares
About 196 days separate Slater's last and first frost, putting it 19,005 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 572 of 1,129.
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