Kimberling City, MO 65686 Frost Dates
Kimberling City, MO: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/21, roughly 187 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 Kimberling City, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Kimberling City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/31 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kimberling City against the rest of the dataset
Kimberling City's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,402 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 838 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65686's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Kimberling City's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Kimberling City's dates instead of trusting one.