Star City, AR 71667 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Star City, AR, ZIP 71667
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/15, roughly 199 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 246 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Star City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Star City has about 12 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.
Why 03/15 isn't a guarantee
03/15 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. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Star City compares
Star City's growing season runs about 246 days, ranking 7,932 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 28 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Star City can differ from the 71667 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Star City's frost date answer different questions.