Frost dates by ZIP code: The nearest NOAA stations to your ZIP, 1991-2020 normals
Enter a five-digit ZIP code. PlainClimate finds its center (Census Bureau 2024) and the five nearest NOAA stations with frost dates, and shows each station's last spring and first autumn 32°F dates with its distance and elevation.
Frost dates near ZIP 64015
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts ZIP 64015 in zone 6b (the coldest night of a typical year: -5 to 0°F).
The nearest station, Independence, MO, is 5 miles from the ZIP's center: its last spring frost comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 26 in one year in ten. By the USDA's method its plant hardiness zone is 6b.
| Station | Distance | Elevation | Last frost (median) | 1 in 10 after | First frost (median) | Hardiness zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence, MO | 5 mi | 985 ft | April 10 | April 26 | October 27 | 6b |
| Lee's Summit, MOLees Summit Municipal Airport | 6 mi | 997 ft | April 7 | April 24 | October 29 | 6b |
| Lees Summit Reed Wildlife Refuge, MO | 10 mi | 1,000 ft | April 13 | April 28 | October 26 | – |
| Pleasant Hill, MOPleasant Hill Weather Office | 15 mi | 1,000 ft | April 8 | April 23 | October 29 | 6b |
| Kansas City Downtown Airport, MO | 17 mi | 742 ft | April 4 | April 20 | November 2 | 6b |
Frost comes later in spring at higher and colder stations and earlier in low, open ground: prefer a station at a similar elevation to yours. Hardiness zone in the table: the USDA's rule (the average of each year's coldest night, 1991-2020) applied to the station's own record.
Every frost threshold at Independence
NOAA publishes the dates for several temperatures and odds. A 30% spring date means a 3-in-10 chance of a later frost (the convention almanacs use); 50% is the median; 10% the cautious date.
| Threshold | Spring, 10% | Spring, 30% | Spring, 50% | Spring, 90% | Autumn, 50% | Autumn, 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F (light frost) | May 7 | April 29 | April 21 | April 7 | October 17 | October 3 |
| 32°F | April 26 | April 16 | April 10 | March 29 | October 27 | October 14 |
| 28°F (hard freeze) | April 15 | April 6 | March 31 | March 14 | November 5 | October 24 |
| 24°F | April 6 | March 28 | March 20 | March 2 | November 15 | November 1 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals; ZIP centers: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. Autumn 10%: one year in ten has its first frost before this date.