Mena, AR 71953 Frost Dates
Mena, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 208 days after the last spring frost.
Mena 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Mena's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/24 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Mena against the rest of the dataset
About 208 days separate Mena's last and first frost, putting it 15,580 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 559 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71953's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Mena can differ from the 71953 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Mena's frost date answer different questions.