Fouke, AR 71840 Frost Dates
Fouke, AR: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/13, roughly 197 days out. 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
With roughly 11 weeks until Fouke's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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
At roughly 246 frost-free days, Fouke places 7,938 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 30 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71840's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fouke can differ from the 71840 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fouke's frost date answer different questions.