Bradley, AR 71826 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Bradley, AR, ZIP 71826
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/19, about 203 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 238 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Bradley, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Bradley has about 11 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 Bradley's last frost
03/19 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 Bradley compares
Bradley's growing season runs about 238 days, ranking 9,028 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 119 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Bradley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Bradley can differ from the 71826 normal.