When to plant in Stanberry, MO

Planting dates worked out from Stanberry's own frost records, not a generic zone chart.

Safe to plant out

Apr 28

1 year in 10 has a later frost

Average last frost

Apr 12

about a 50% chance of a later one

Average first fall frost

Oct 17

1 year in 10 by Oct 3

Frost-free days

186

median, 1991–2020

Station used: Conception · 12.5 km away · station 338 m, town 291 m. How we match towns to stations

This season

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Planting dates for common crops

Crop	Start indoors	Plant out or sow	Harvest from
Tomato	Mar 3 – Mar 17	Apr 28 – May 12	Jun 22
Sweet pepper	Feb 17 – Mar 3	Apr 28 – May 12	Jun 27
Lettuce (leaf)	Feb 14 – Feb 21	Mar 21 – Apr 4	Apr 30
Peas	—	Mar 21 – Apr 18	May 15
Bush beans	—	Apr 21 – May 12	Jun 10
Carrot	—	Mar 30 – May 11	May 29
Beet	—	Mar 30 – May 11	May 19
Potato	—	Mar 30 – Apr 20	Jun 8
Kale	Feb 14 – Feb 28	Mar 28 – Apr 11	May 10
Broccoli	Feb 7 – Feb 21	Mar 21 – Apr 11	May 20
Cucumber	Mar 31 – Apr 7	Apr 28 – May 12	Jun 17
Summer squash and zucchini	Mar 31 – Apr 7	Apr 28 – May 12	Jun 12
Winter squash	Mar 31 – Apr 7	Apr 28 – May 12	Jul 17
Sweet corn	—	Apr 21 – May 12	Jun 20
Onion (from sets)	—	Mar 21 – Apr 11	Jun 19
Garlic	—	Oct 3 – Oct 31 (fall)	following summer
Spinach	—	Mar 21 – Apr 18	Apr 28
Basil	Mar 17 – Mar 31	Apr 28 – May 12	Jun 24

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Stanberry's weather over time

How the growing season has shifted here, year by year, from the station's own records.

Each year's last spring frostLong-term trend

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Year	Last spring frost
1894	Apr 21
1895	Apr 3
1896	Apr 3
1897	Apr 19
1898	Apr 6
1899	Apr 8
1900	Apr 13
1901	Apr 18
1903	May 3
1904	Apr 21
1905	Apr 18
1906	Apr 15
1907	May 15
1908	May 2
1909	May 2
1910	Apr 24
1911	May 2
1912	Apr 7
1913	Apr 12
1914	Apr 20
1915	Apr 12
1916	Apr 9
1917	Apr 26
1918	Apr 21
1919	Apr 24
1920	Apr 27
1921	Apr 18
1922	Apr 18
1923	Apr 17
1924	Apr 22
1925	Mar 30
1926	Apr 19
1927	Apr 23
1928	Apr 25
1929	Apr 12
1930	Apr 2
1931	May 7
1932	Apr 27
1933	Apr 15
1934	Apr 25
1935	Apr 16
1936	Apr 22
1937	Apr 25
1938	Apr 10
1939	Apr 19
1940	May 1
1941	Mar 29
1942	May 4
1943	Apr 20
1944	May 6
1945	Apr 18
1946	May 11
1947	May 29
1948	Apr 14
1949	Apr 19
1950	Apr 27
1951	Apr 23
1952	Apr 13
1953	Apr 20
1954	May 4
1955	Apr 7
1956	Apr 24
1957	Apr 14
1958	Apr 29
1959	Apr 13
1960	Apr 30
1961	Apr 28
1962	Apr 16
1963	Apr 14
1964	Apr 9
1965	Apr 28
1966	May 10
1967	May 4
1968	Apr 24
1969	Apr 6
1970	Apr 20
1971	Apr 8
1972	Apr 9
1973	Apr 16
1974	Apr 15
1975	Apr 13
1976	May 4
1977	Apr 7
1978	Apr 22
1979	Apr 29
1980	May 9
1981	Apr 15
1988	Apr 19
1989	Apr 20
1990	Apr 30
1991	Apr 10
1992	Apr 27
1993	Apr 6
1994	Apr 8
1996	Apr 23
1997	Apr 17
1998	Apr 2
1999	Apr 17
2000	Apr 13
2003	Apr 9
2004	Apr 13
2005	Apr 28
2006	Apr 9
2007	Apr 14
2008	Apr 30
2009	Apr 15
2010	Mar 27
2011	Apr 1
2012	Mar 10
2013	May 3
2014	Apr 16
2015	Apr 23
2016	Apr 13
2017	Mar 19
2019	Apr 14
2020	Apr 18
2021	Apr 22
2022	Apr 20
2023	Apr 23
2024	Mar 28
2026	Mar 29

Each year's frost-free daysLong-term trend

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Year	Frost-free days
1894	170
1895	188
1896	197
1897	196
1898	193
1899	174
1900	208
1903	176
1904	183
1905	185
1906	176
1907	149
1908	148
1909	161
1910	185
1911	173
1913	188
1914	189
1915	179
1916	192
1917	164
1918	186
1919	169
1920	183
1921	172
1922	176
1923	185
1924	182
1925	192
1926	159
1927	192
1928	186
1929	193
1930	197
1931	182
1932	161
1933	190
1934	185
1935	170
1936	182
1937	171
1938	195
1939	177
1940	188
1941	212
1942	142
1943	177
1944	156
1945	173
1946	153
1947	161
1948	185
1949	185
1950	159
1951	157
1952	175
1953	189
1954	178
1955	199
1956	198
1957	193
1958	179
1959	178
1960	184
1961	174
1962	191
1963	197
1964	182
1965	166
1966	158
1967	159
1968	183
1969	190
1970	172
1971	205
1972	191
1973	195
1974	169
1975	194
1976	156
1977	184
1978	175
1979	158
1980	146
1981	190
1988	170
1989	155
1990	162
1991	161
1992	172
1993	186
1994	199
1996	182
1997	187
1998	217
1999	169
2000	175
2003	204
2004	171
2005	161
2006	185
2007	194
2008	179
2009	171
2010	215
2011	200
2012	210
2013	169
2014	197
2015	188
2017	222
2019	180
2020	188
2021	194
2022	179
2023	187
2024	237

Each year's average temperature, April to SeptemberLong-term trend

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Year	Growing-season temperature
1895	20.1 °C
1896	19.7 °C
1897	20.1 °C
1898	19.6 °C
1899	19.7 °C
1900	20.6 °C
1901	21.2 °C
1903	18.9 °C
1904	18.2 °C
1905	19.7 °C
1906	20.2 °C
1907	17.2 °C
1908	18.6 °C
1909	19.0 °C
1910	19.6 °C
1911	21.3 °C
1913	20.9 °C
1914	20.8 °C
1915	18.5 °C
1917	18.6 °C
1918	20.7 °C
1919	20.4 °C
1920	19.2 °C
1921	21.9 °C
1922	20.9 °C
1923	20.0 °C
1924	18.9 °C
1925	21.0 °C
1926	20.2 °C
1927	19.7 °C
1928	19.2 °C
1929	19.8 °C
1930	21.2 °C
1931	21.3 °C
1932	20.6 °C
1933	21.3 °C
1934	22.2 °C
1935	18.8 °C
1936	22.7 °C
1937	21.0 °C
1938	21.4 °C
1939	22.0 °C
1940	19.9 °C
1941	21.8 °C
1942	20.2 °C
1943	20.4 °C
1944	19.8 °C
1945	19.0 °C
1946	20.0 °C
1947	20.4 °C
1948	21.2 °C
1949	20.3 °C
1950	18.6 °C
1951	19.0 °C
1952	21.0 °C
1953	21.0 °C
1954	21.7 °C
1955	22.0 °C
1956	21.0 °C
1957	20.2 °C
1958	19.9 °C
1959	20.5 °C
1960	20.3 °C
1961	19.0 °C
1962	20.4 °C
1963	21.0 °C
1964	20.4 °C
1965	19.3 °C
1966	18.8 °C
1967	18.2 °C
1968	18.9 °C
1969	19.2 °C
1970	19.9 °C
1971	19.6 °C
1972	19.1 °C
1973	19.0 °C
1974	19.3 °C
1975	19.7 °C
1976	20.1 °C
1977	20.7 °C
1978	20.2 °C
1979	18.8 °C
1980	20.3 °C
1981	19.9 °C
1988	21.6 °C
1989	19.0 °C
1990	19.4 °C
1991	20.6 °C
1992	17.7 °C
1993	18.1 °C
1994	19.5 °C
1996	18.5 °C
1997	18.7 °C
1998	20.3 °C
1999	19.5 °C
2000	20.4 °C
2003	19.5 °C
2004	18.9 °C
2005	20.0 °C
2006	19.9 °C
2007	19.3 °C
2008	17.6 °C
2009	18.2 °C
2010	20.7 °C
2011	19.9 °C
2012	21.4 °C
2013	19.2 °C
2014	19.0 °C
2015	19.6 °C
2016	20.3 °C
2017	20.0 °C
2018	20.2 °C
2019	20.2 °C
2020	19.8 °C
2021	20.6 °C
2022	20.1 °C
2023	20.7 °C
2024	20.6 °C
2026	21.3 °C

What this means for you: Since 1894, Stanberry's last spring frost has stayed at about the same time of year. Year-to-year swings are large, so keep using the safe date rather than the trend.

Source: daily records from Conception (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Years with too many missing days are left out.

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