Fair Play, MO 65640 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Fair Play, MO?
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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fair Play 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
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Fair Play before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
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 Fair Play compares
At roughly 188 frost-free days, Fair Play places 22,168 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 813 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Fair Play's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Fair Play's dates instead of trusting one.