Branson West, MO 65737 Frost Dates
Branson West, 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.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Branson West 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 8 weeks until Branson West's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Branson West's last frost
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.
Branson West against the rest of the dataset
About 187 days separate Branson West's last and first frost, putting it 22,557 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 848 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65737's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Branson West's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Branson West's dates instead of trusting one.