Gillham, AR 71841 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gillham, AR, ZIP 71841
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 222 frost-free days later.
Gillham 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Gillham 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.
The actual range around Gillham's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gillham compares
About 222 days separate Gillham's last and first frost, putting it 12,361 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 402 of 687.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Gillham can differ from the 71841 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Gillham's frost date answer different questions.