Theodosia, MO 65729 Frost Dates
Theodosia, MO: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Theodosia 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
With roughly 9 weeks until Theodosia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Theodosia against the rest of the dataset
About 212 days separate Theodosia's last and first frost, putting it 14,686 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 149 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65729's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Theodosia's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Theodosia can differ from the 65729 normal.