Pine Bluff, AR 71603 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Pine Bluff, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/14, roughly 198 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 245 frost-free days later.
Pine Bluff sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Pine Bluff before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pine Bluff compares
About 245 days separate Pine Bluff's last and first frost, putting it 7,971 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 42 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Pine Bluff can differ from the 71603 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Pine Bluff's frost date answer different questions.