Willard, MO 65817 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Willard, MO?
Around 04/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 224 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/27, about 199 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Willard 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
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.
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 18,085 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 428 of 1,129.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Willard can differ from the 65817 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 6b and Willard's frost date answer different questions.