Amagon, AR 72005 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Amagon, AR?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 227 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Amagon, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Amagon before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Amagon's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Amagon compares
About 227 days separate Amagon's last and first frost, putting it 11,085 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 303 of 687.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Amagon's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Amagon's dates instead of trusting one.