Louann, AR 71751 Frost Dates
Louann, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/07, roughly 230 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Louann, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Louann's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Louann against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 230 frost-free days, Louann places 10,483 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 242 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71751's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Louann's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Louann can differ from the 71751 normal.