Arkansas City, AR 71630 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Arkansas City, AR, ZIP 71630
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 242 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Arkansas City in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Arkansas City has about 11 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 Arkansas City's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arkansas City compares
About 242 days separate Arkansas City's last and first frost, putting it 8,403 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 73 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Arkansas City's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Arkansas City can differ from the 71630 normal.