Eminence, MO 65546 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eminence, MO, ZIP 65546
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/18, roughly 233 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/19, about 182 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eminence in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Eminence has about 7 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
04/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eminence compares
About 182 days separate Eminence's last and first frost, putting it 24,278 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 974 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Eminence's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Eminence can differ from the 65546 normal.