Norwood, MO 65717 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Norwood, MO, ZIP 65717
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/11, roughly 226 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 197 frost-free days later.
Norwood sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Norwood 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Norwood compares
About 197 days separate Norwood's last and first frost, putting it 18,764 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 553 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Norwood can differ from the 65717 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Norwood's frost date answer different questions.