Bald Knob, AR 72010 Frost Dates
Bald Knob, AR: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/27, about 211 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 228 days after the last spring frost.
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 Bald Knob, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Bald Knob'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
03/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Bald Knob against the rest of the dataset
About 228 days separate Bald Knob's last and first frost, putting it 10,849 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within AR, it ranks 274 of 687.
Learn more
Before leaning on 72010's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Bald Knob can differ from the 72010 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Bald Knob's frost date answer different questions.