Junction City, AR 71749 Frost Dates
Junction City, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 230 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Junction 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Junction City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/24 isn't a guarantee
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Junction City against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 230 frost-free days, Junction City places 10,465 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 237 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71749's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Junction City's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Junction City can differ from the 71749 normal.