Bolivar, MO 65613 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bolivar, MO, ZIP 65613
Around 04/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 229 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 188 frost-free days later.
Bolivar 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 Bolivar 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 Bolivar's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/29 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bolivar compares
About 188 days separate Bolivar's last and first frost, putting it 21,905 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 802 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Bolivar's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bolivar's dates instead of trusting one.