Grady, AR 71659 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Grady, AR?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 243 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Grady 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Grady before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Grady's last frost
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Grady compares
At roughly 243 frost-free days, Grady places 8,331 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 65 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Grady can differ from the 71659 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Grady's frost date answer different questions.