Ava, MO 65755 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ava, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 198 frost-free days later.
Ava 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Ava before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ava's last frost
04/10 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. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ava compares
About 198 days separate Ava's last and first frost, putting it 18,437 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 484 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ava's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ava can differ from the 65755 normal.