Willard, MO 65765 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Willard, MO?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 199 frost-free days later.
Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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 Willard, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Willard before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Willard's last frost
04/09 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. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Willard compares
Willard's growing season runs about 199 days, ranking 18,079 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 422 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Willard's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Willard can differ from the 65765 normal.