Wheatland, MO 65779 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wheatland, MO, ZIP 65779
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 204 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wheatland 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 Wheatland has about 9 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.
The actual range around Wheatland's last frost
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/23 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 Wheatland compares
Wheatland's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,763 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within MO, it ranks 314 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Wheatland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Wheatland can differ from the 65779 normal.