Fouke, AR 71837 Frost Dates
71837, near Fouke, AR: the frost window
Around 03/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 197 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 246 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fouke in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Fouke's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/13 isn't a guarantee
03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fouke against the rest of the dataset
Fouke's growing season runs about 246 days, ranking 7,937 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 29 of 687.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 71837: the frost range, on how to read the range around Fouke's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Fouke can differ from the 71837 normal.