Rogersville, MO 65742 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Rogersville, MO, ZIP 65742
Around 04/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 241 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/13, about 167 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rogersville 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
Zone 6b around Rogersville has about 7 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.
Why 04/26 isn't a guarantee
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Rogersville compares
At roughly 167 frost-free days, Rogersville places 29,948 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 1,115 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Rogersville's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Rogersville's dates instead of trusting one.