Fulton, AR 71838 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Fulton, AR, ZIP 71838
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 226 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fulton in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Fulton has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Fulton compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Fulton places 11,324 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 319 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Fulton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Fulton can differ from the 71838 normal.