Viola, AR 65777 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Viola, AR, ZIP 65777
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/16, roughly 231 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 189 frost-free days later.
Viola 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 Viola has about 8 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.
The actual range around Viola's last frost
04/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Viola compares
Viola's growing season runs about 189 days, ranking 21,727 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 662 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Viola can differ from the 65777 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Viola's frost date answer different questions.