El Dorado, AR 71750 Frost Dates
Frost dates for El Dorado, AR, ZIP 71750
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 235 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts El Dorado 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 El Dorado has about 10 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 El Dorado's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How El Dorado compares
El Dorado's growing season runs about 235 days, ranking 9,569 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 138 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in El Dorado can differ from the 71750 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and El Dorado's frost date answer different questions.