Bakersfield, MO 65760 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bakersfield, MO?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/09, about 224 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 196 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Bakersfield, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Bakersfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Bakersfield's last frost
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/28 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bakersfield compares
About 196 days separate Bakersfield's last and first frost, putting it 19,093 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 588 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7b and Bakersfield's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Bakersfield's dates instead of trusting one.