Frost Dates for 65084 — Versailles, Missouri

Half of springs at Versailles, MO see their last 32°F night by April 8; only one in ten is past it by March 21, and one in ten still has one after April 30. Planting tender crops after April 16 leaves a 30% risk of a frost on them, after April 21 20%, and after April 30 10%. The 22 days between the even-odds date and the one-in-ten date is the widest of the 158 Missouri stations behind this site's ZIP pages, so a fixed calendar date is a gamble here.

In fall the first 32°F night comes by October 29 in half of years, as early as October 16 one year in ten, and holds off past November 11 one year in ten. A hard freeze of 28°F follows 9 days later, around November 7; in spring the one-in-ten date for 28°F is April 16, 14 days before the 32°F one. The freeze-free season lasts 202 days in a typical year, longer than at 73% of the 158 Missouri stations; it reaches 223 days one year in ten and falls short of 176 one year in ten. On average 109 nights a year drop to 32°F or below. Nights of 36°F, when frost can still settle on leaves in low, open spots, continue 12 days longer, to about April 20, and return around October 19. Severe cold of 16°F or below comes every winter, usually between December 9 and February 28.

July is the warmest month at Versailles, MO, averaging 88°F by day and 69°F at night; January is the coldest at 41°F and 22°F. A freezing night is all but certain in every month from November to March (a 90% chance or more). From May to September the chance of a 32°F night stays under 10% each month. In spring, April still brings one in 69% of years.

Warmth for growing adds up to 4,143 growing degree days a year (base 50°F), more than at 61% of the 158 Missouri stations. 37% of them (1,532) have built up by the end of June, and July adds the most, 877. Precipitation totals 45.0 inches a year, most in May (5.4") and least in January (1.8"); May to September bring 51% of it.

The nearest other station, Eldon, MO, 16 miles east of Versailles, has a last frost 1 day earlier (April 7), a first frost 3 days later (November 1), a season 6 days longer.

The first measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) in Versailles usually arrives around December 16, and the last of the season around January 17. Those are the middle dates across the winters of 1991–2020 at Versailles, MO, 0.6 miles away: half of years saw snow earlier, half later. Snow fell in 61% of those winters. The last 32°F night of spring typically comes 81 days after the last snow.

ZIP 65084 is under a mile from Versailles, MO, which stands at 1,003 feet, the nearest NOAA station that publishes freeze probabilities for 1991–2020. 1 other ZIP code shares the station. The 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lists ZIP 65084 in zone 6b, the band where the coldest night of the year averaged -5 to 0°F (-20.6 to -17.8°C) over 1991–2020; a zone describes winter lows, not frost dates.