Syracuse, MO 65354 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Syracuse, MO, ZIP 65354
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 197 frost-free days later.
Syracuse 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
Zone 6b around Syracuse 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.
The actual range around Syracuse's last frost
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Syracuse compares
About 197 days separate Syracuse's last and first frost, putting it 18,844 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 563 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Syracuse can differ from the 65354 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Syracuse's frost date answer different questions.