Gum Springs, AR 71920 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gum Springs, AR, ZIP 71920
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 225 frost-free days later.
Gum Springs 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 Gum Springs 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 Gum Springs's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gum Springs compares
About 225 days separate Gum Springs's last and first frost, putting it 11,517 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 325 of 687.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Gum Springs's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Gum Springs can differ from the 71920 normal.