Willard, MO 65781 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Willard, MO, ZIP 65781
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.
Willard sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°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
Zone 6b around Willard 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Willard places 18,080 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 423 of 1,129.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Willard's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Willard can differ from the 65781 normal.