Bakersfield, MO 72623 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bakersfield, MO, ZIP 72623
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/31, roughly 215 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 214 frost-free days later.
Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield 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.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Bakersfield compares
About 214 days separate Bakersfield's last and first frost, putting it 14,381 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within MO, it ranks 144 of 1,129.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Bakersfield's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Bakersfield's dates instead of trusting one.