Pleasant Hope, MO 65617 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pleasant Hope, MO, ZIP 65617
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 188 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pleasant Hope in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 6b around Pleasant Hope 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.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
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 Pleasant Hope compares
About 188 days separate Pleasant Hope's last and first frost, putting it 22,137 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 807 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Pleasant Hope's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pleasant Hope can differ from the 65617 normal.