Lockesburg, AR 71846 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lockesburg, AR?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/29, about 213 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 222 frost-free days later.
Lockesburg 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Lockesburg before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lockesburg'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 Lockesburg compares
At roughly 222 frost-free days, Lockesburg places 12,318 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within AR, it ranks 394 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Lockesburg's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Lockesburg's dates instead of trusting one.