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Missouri frost dates by weather station

Missouri has 171 NOAA weather stations with 1991–2020 freeze statistics. Median last spring frost dates run from Mar 24 at Caruthersville to Apr 27 at Rosebud.

171Stations
Mar 24Earliest last frostCaruthersville
Apr 27Latest last frostRosebud
230 daysLongest growing seasonCaruthersville

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Missouri stations: median (50%) frost dates at 32°F
Station	Last spring frost	First fall frost	Growing season	Elevation
Advance 1 S	Apr 7	Oct 27	204 days	360 ft
Albany	Apr 17	Oct 21	185 days	875 ft
Alton	Apr 17	Oct 21	187 days	813 ft
Amity 4 NE	Apr 19	Oct 19	180 days	974 ft
Anderson	Apr 15	Oct 23	191 days	1,050 ft
Anderson 3w	Apr 15	Oct 26	194 days	1,117 ft
Appleton City	Apr 7	Oct 29	202 days	866 ft
Ash Grove 4s	Apr 11	Oct 24	196 days	1,129 ft
Ava 12sw	Apr 14	Oct 21	188 days	1,197 ft
Ava 6nw	Apr 23	Oct 17	175 days	1,253 ft
Bethany	Apr 16	Oct 22	186 days	949 ft
Billings 1sw	Apr 15	Oct 23	189 days	1,310 ft
Bolivar 1 NE	Apr 14	Oct 23	188 days	987 ft
Boonville	Apr 5	Oct 29	206 days	744 ft
Boonville	Apr 12	Oct 25	195 days	752 ft
Bowling Green 1 E	Apr 13	Oct 23	188 days	895 ft
Branson Airport	Apr 8	Nov 2	209 days	1,286 ft
Brookfield	Apr 14	Oct 23	192 days	767 ft
Brunswick	Apr 10	Oct 29	201 days	662 ft
Buffalo 2n	Apr 23	Oct 15	175 days	1,071 ft
Butler 4w	Apr 12	Oct 23	192 days	790 ft
California	Apr 11	Oct 25	195 days	879 ft
Cameron	Apr 15	Oct 24	192 days	1,010 ft
Canton L&d 20	Apr 11	Oct 23	194 days	490 ft
Cape Girardeau Muni Airport	Apr 5	Oct 25	201 days	336 ft
Carrollton	Apr 16	Oct 23	187 days	705 ft
Carthage	Apr 4	Oct 27	204 days	978 ft
Caruthersville	Mar 24	Nov 9	230 days	270 ft
Cassville	Apr 14	Oct 26	194 days	1,376 ft
Chillicothe 22 ENE	Apr 15	Oct 20	184 days	833 ft
Chillicothe 2s	Apr 15	Oct 21	187 days	780 ft
Chillicothe Agri-Sci	Apr 15	Oct 21	188 days	769 ft
Clarksville L&d 24	Apr 4	Nov 1	208 days	460 ft
Clearwater Dam	Apr 9	Oct 26	199 days	660 ft
Clinton	Apr 17	Oct 21	187 days	770 ft
Cole Camp 3nw	Apr 13	Oct 23	191 days	1,000 ft
Columbia Regional Airport	Apr 7	Oct 29	205 days	893 ft
Columbia U Of M	Apr 5	Oct 31	207 days	770 ft
Conception	Apr 17	Oct 20	184 days	1,108 ft
Cosby 2w	Apr 17	Oct 19	184 days	910 ft
Diamond 2w	Apr 18	Oct 22	184 days	1,070 ft
Doniphan	Apr 12	Oct 26	196 days	289 ft
Dora 3se	Apr 9	Oct 23	196 days	966 ft
Eldon	Apr 7	Nov 1	208 days	924 ft
Eldorado Springs	Apr 8	Oct 29	199 days	915 ft
Elm	Apr 13	Oct 23	191 days	850 ft
Elsberry 1 S	Apr 20	Oct 20	181 days	475 ft
Eminence 1 N	Apr 18	Oct 19	182 days	640 ft
Farmington	Apr 13	Oct 21	191 days	900 ft
Festus	Apr 9	Oct 26	197 days	600 ft
Fort Leonard Wood	Apr 14	Oct 24	193 days	1,123 ft
Fredericktown	Apr 21	Oct 16	174 days	760 ft
Freedom	Apr 11	Oct 21	191 days	805 ft
Fulton	Apr 10	Oct 24	195 days	770 ft
Galena	Apr 16	Oct 21	187 days	1,027 ft
Gallatin 1w	Apr 19	Oct 21	184 days	921 ft
Gentryville	Apr 14	Oct 25	193 days	1,100 ft
Grant City	Apr 24	Oct 14	172 days	1,130 ft
Grant City 5wsw	Apr 20	Oct 19	181 days	1,089 ft
Green City 5n	Apr 26	Oct 14	169 days	1,035 ft
Grovespring 1ne	Apr 15	Oct 22	188 days	1,388 ft
Hamilton 2w	Apr 23	Oct 17	175 days	900 ft
Hannibal Wtr Wks	Apr 10	Oct 27	199 days	712 ft
Higginsville	Apr 10	Oct 24	195 days	836 ft
Houston	Apr 10	Oct 23	194 days	1,224 ft
Iberia	Apr 8	Oct 28	200 days	938 ft
Independence	Apr 10	Oct 27	198 days	985 ft
Jackson	Apr 7	Oct 29	202 days	440 ft
Jefferson City Mem Airport	Apr 10	Oct 26	198 days	573 ft
Jefferson City Water Plant	Apr 8	Oct 31	205 days	650 ft
Joplin 24 N	Apr 6	Oct 24	198 days	952 ft
Joplin Regional Airport	Apr 9	Oct 27	200 days	980 ft
Kansas City Downtown Airport	Apr 4	Nov 2	211 days	742 ft
Kansas City Intl Airport	Apr 13	Oct 24	193 days	1,005 ft
Kearney 3e	Apr 19	Oct 17	181 days	840 ft
Kennett Radio Kboa	Mar 31	Nov 1	215 days	270 ft
Kirksville	Apr 21	Oct 19	179 days	970 ft
Kirksville Regional Airport	Apr 19	Oct 18	180 days	966 ft
Lakeside	Mar 31	Nov 3	216 days	590 ft
Lamar 7n	Apr 9	Oct 27	199 days	963 ft
Lebanon 2w	Apr 17	Oct 21	187 days	1,246 ft
Lees Summit Muni Airport	Apr 7	Oct 29	202 days	997 ft
Lees Summit Reed Wr	Apr 13	Oct 26	194 days	1,000 ft
Lexington 3e	Apr 8	Oct 25	197 days	825 ft
Licking 4n	Apr 20	Oct 19	181 days	1,180 ft
Linneus 3se	Apr 16	Oct 20	187 days	814 ft
Lockwood	Apr 11	Oct 25	198 days	1,077 ft
Long Branch Rsvr	Apr 8	Oct 28	201 days	820 ft
Malden Muni Airport	Mar 29	Nov 3	221 days	290 ft
Mansfield	Apr 11	Oct 26	197 days	1,448 ft
Marble Hill	Apr 12	Oct 23	193 days	390 ft
Marshall	Apr 10	Oct 24	196 days	790 ft
Marshfield 4 WSW	Apr 13	Oct 24	191 days	1,414 ft
Maryville 2e	Apr 19	Oct 17	180 days	985 ft
Memphis	Apr 23	Oct 17	176 days	770 ft
Mexico	Apr 11	Oct 25	197 days	802 ft
Moberly	Apr 13	Oct 25	195 days	860 ft
Monett 4sw	Apr 9	Oct 26	199 days	1,420 ft
Monroe City	Apr 12	Oct 22	190 days	741 ft
Mount Vernon Univ Mo - SW Center	Apr 14	Oct 21	188 days	1,190 ft
Mountain Grove 2 N	Apr 11	Oct 28	196 days	1,466 ft
Neosho	Apr 7	Oct 31	206 days	1,033 ft
Nevada Water Plant	Apr 7	Oct 27	202 days	871 ft
New Franklin 1w	Apr 13	Oct 22	191 days	641 ft
New Madrid	Mar 28	Nov 3	220 days	302 ft
Oldfield	Apr 26	Oct 13	167 days	1,240 ft
Oregon	Apr 16	Oct 20	186 days	1,058 ft
Osceola	Apr 16	Oct 24	189 days	744 ft
Ozark	Apr 15	Oct 23	189 days	1,134 ft
Ozark Beach	Apr 6	Oct 31	205 days	834 ft
Perryville Water Plant	Apr 19	Oct 20	182 days	502 ft
Pleasant Hill WFO	Apr 8	Oct 29	204 days	1,000 ft
Pomme De Terre Dam	Apr 7	Oct 28	204 days	907 ft
Poplar Bluff	Mar 29	Nov 5	222 days	370 ft
Poplar Bluff Muni Airport	Mar 31	Oct 31	214 days	327 ft
Portageville	Mar 25	Nov 7	227 days	280 ft
Potosi 4 SW	Apr 11	Oct 28	198 days	1,105 ft
Princeton	Apr 25	Oct 15	174 days	980 ft
Richmond 3s	Apr 19	Oct 18	180 days	700 ft
Rolla Missouri S&t	Apr 5	Nov 1	207 days	1,173 ft
Rosebud	Apr 27	Oct 13	168 days	730 ft
Round Spring 2sw	Apr 24	Oct 16	172 days	829 ft
Salem	Apr 17	Oct 18	182 days	1,205 ft
Salem 10 W	Apr 23	Oct 14	173 days	1,198 ft
Salisbury	Apr 12	Oct 22	190 days	730 ft
Saverton L&d 22	Apr 4	Nov 4	212 days	472 ft
Sedalia Mem Airport	Apr 10	Oct 26	197 days	900 ft
Sedalia Water Plant	Apr 18	Oct 22	186 days	780 ft
Seligman	Apr 18	Oct 22	185 days	1,530 ft
Shelbina	Apr 21	Oct 17	177 days	747 ft
Sikeston Power Station	Mar 26	Nov 6	225 days	310 ft
Smithville Lake	Apr 18	Oct 20	183 days	904 ft
Spickard 7 W	Apr 20	Oct 16	177 days	875 ft
Springfield	Apr 9	Oct 27	199 days	1,278 ft
Springfield Wbo	Apr 4	Oct 27	204 days	1,325 ft
St. Charles 7 SSW	Apr 4	Oct 29	206 days	450 ft
St. Charles Co Airport	Apr 5	Oct 27	203 days	436 ft
St. Charles Elm Point	Apr 8	Oct 29	203 days	472 ft
St. Joseph Rosecrans Airport	Apr 19	Oct 17	180 days	818 ft
St. Louis Lambert Intl Airport	Apr 2	Nov 4	215 days	531 ft
St. Louis Sci Center	Apr 1	Nov 4	218 days	515 ft
St. Louis Sprt Of S L Airport	Apr 12	Oct 23	193 days	462 ft
St. Peters 2 SE	Apr 9	Oct 26	198 days	575 ft
Steelville 2 N	Apr 26	Oct 8	164 days	700 ft
Steffenville	Apr 17	Oct 19	184 days	705 ft
Stockton Dam	Apr 6	Oct 30	207 days	922 ft
Summersville 3 SE	Apr 7	Oct 27	201 days	1,236 ft
Sweet Springs	Apr 17	Oct 20	184 days	675 ft
Tarkio	Apr 19	Oct 15	177 days	1,045 ft
Trenton	Apr 16	Oct 20	184 days	837 ft
Truman Dam & Rsvr	Apr 7	Oct 30	205 days	754 ft
Union	Apr 11	Oct 23	194 days	540 ft
Unionville	Apr 17	Oct 22	186 days	1,060 ft
Vandalia	Apr 11	Oct 23	192 days	764 ft
Versailles	Apr 8	Oct 29	202 days	1,003 ft
Vichy Rolla National Airport	Apr 12	Oct 25	194 days	1,127 ft
Vienna 2 WNW	Apr 8	Oct 26	200 days	770 ft
W Plains	Apr 16	Oct 21	189 days	1,105 ft
Wappapello Dam	Apr 2	Nov 2	215 days	410 ft
Warrensburg 4nw	Apr 14	Oct 21	189 days	796 ft
Warrenton 1 N	Apr 14	Oct 23	191 days	827 ft
Washburn 5 W	Apr 4	Oct 30	207 days	1,400 ft
Washington	Apr 8	Oct 25	199 days	487 ft
Wasola 5n	Apr 10	Oct 27	198 days	1,226 ft
Waverly	Apr 6	Oct 30	207 days	800 ft
Waynesville 2 W	Apr 15	Oct 21	185 days	890 ft
Weldon Spring NWS	Apr 10	Oct 26	199 days	610 ft
West Plains Muni Airport	Apr 8	Oct 25	199 days	1,223 ft
Windsor	Apr 7	Oct 28	202 days	840 ft
Windsor	Apr 13	Oct 22	191 days	877 ft
Winona 3 SW	Apr 22	Oct 18	176 days	961 ft

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, annual/seasonal normals by station (version 1.0.1), file dated June 27, 2023; documentation.

Freeze dates are 30-year probabilities, not forecasts. Check your local forecast before planting tender plants.