Glenwood, AR 71933 Frost Dates
Glenwood, AR: when does the frost end?
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/31, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Glenwood in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 9 weeks until Glenwood'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
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/20 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Glenwood against the rest of the dataset
About 213 days separate Glenwood's last and first frost, putting it 14,511 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 500 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71933's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Glenwood can differ from the 71933 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Glenwood's frost date answer different questions.