Stockton, MO 65785 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Stockton, MO, ZIP 65785
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/06, about 221 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 207 frost-free days later.
Stockton 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
Zone 7a around Stockton 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 Stockton's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Stockton compares
About 207 days separate Stockton's last and first frost, putting it 15,837 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 202 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Stockton's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Stockton's dates instead of trusting one.