Ben Lomond, AR 71823 Frost Dates
Ben Lomond, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/24, roughly 208 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
Ben Lomond 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 11 weeks until Ben Lomond'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 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ben Lomond against the rest of the dataset
Ben Lomond's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,998 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 204 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71823's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ben Lomond can differ from the 71823 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Ben Lomond's frost date answer different questions.