Hampton, AR 71744 Frost Dates
Hampton, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/18, about 202 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 235 days after the last spring frost.
Hampton 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Hampton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/18 isn't a guarantee
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hampton against the rest of the dataset
About 235 days separate Hampton's last and first frost, putting it 9,627 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 144 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71744's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hampton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hampton can differ from the 71744 normal.