Hollister, MO 65615 Frost Dates
Hollister, MO: when does the frost end?
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 205 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Hollister, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Hollister's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hollister against the rest of the dataset
Hollister's growing season runs about 205 days, ranking 16,244 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 250 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65615's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Hollister's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Hollister's dates instead of trusting one.