Willard, MO 65890 Frost Dates
Willard, MO: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/09, roughly 224 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/27, roughly 199 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Willard in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Willard's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/09 isn't a guarantee
04/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/27 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Willard against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 199 frost-free days, Willard places 18,086 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within MO, it ranks 429 of 1,129.
Learn more
Before leaning on 65890's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Willard can differ from the 65890 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Willard's frost date answer different questions.