Wilton, AR 71865 Frost Dates
Wilton, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 03/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 208 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wilton 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 Wilton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Wilton's last frost
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wilton against the rest of the dataset
Wilton's growing season runs about 233 days, ranking 9,979 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 202 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71865's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wilton's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wilton can differ from the 71865 normal.