Oden, AR 71965 Frost Dates
Oden, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/08, about 223 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 201 days after the last spring frost.
Oden 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 8 weeks until Oden'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
04/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Oden against the rest of the dataset
Oden's growing season runs about 201 days, ranking 17,667 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within AR, it ranks 607 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 71965's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Oden's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Oden's dates instead of trusting one.