Saddlebrooke, MO 65754 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Saddlebrooke, MO, ZIP 65754
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/16, about 231 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 187 frost-free days later.
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 Saddlebrooke, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Saddlebrooke 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.
Why 04/16 isn't a guarantee
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Saddlebrooke compares
Saddlebrooke's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,591 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 854 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Saddlebrooke's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Saddlebrooke's dates instead of trusting one.