Black Springs, AR 71960 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Black Springs, AR, ZIP 71960
Around 04/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 223 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/26, about 201 frost-free days later.
Black 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 Black Springs has about 8 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.
Why 04/08 isn't a guarantee
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Black Springs compares
About 201 days separate Black Springs's last and first frost, putting it 17,689 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 611 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Black Springs's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Black Springs's dates instead of trusting one.