Marshfield, MO 65636 Frost Dates
65636, near Marshfield, MO: the frost window
Around 04/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 228 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 191 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Marshfield in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Marshfield's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Marshfield against the rest of the dataset
About 191 days separate Marshfield's last and first frost, putting it 20,746 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 720 of 1,129.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 65636: local microclimates, on what one yard in Marshfield can differ from the 65636 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Marshfield's frost date answer different questions.