Magnolia, AR 71754 Frost Dates
Magnolia, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 218 days after the last spring frost.
Magnolia sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 9 weeks until Magnolia's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/31 isn't a guarantee
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Magnolia against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 218 frost-free days, Magnolia places 13,235 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 433 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71754's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Magnolia's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Magnolia's dates instead of trusting one.