Clever, MO 65631 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Clever, MO, ZIP 65631
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/15, roughly 230 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 189 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Clever 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 Clever 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 Clever's last frost
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/30 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 Clever compares
About 189 days separate Clever's last and first frost, putting it 21,578 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 788 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Clever can differ from the 65631 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Clever's frost date answer different questions.